The 2016 Road Plan presented to the Commissioners this week by Jason Peters from the County Highway Department includes just over 10 miles of paving for an estimated $787,200. Road on the list include:
5th Road from State Road 331 to Beech Road
Lilac Road from 4A to 5A
Birch Road between 20th Road and State Road 25
20B Road from Sage Road to State Road 25
Maple Road from 4A north to the pavement
Elm Road between 4th Road and 5th Road
Dogwood Road from State Road 331 to the County Line Road and
Douglass Road from US 6 south about 1 mile.
Peters is proposing hot mix overlays in a portion of Carriage Hills and Forest Hills along with 11th Road from US 31 to South MIchigan Road along with spot repairs on Oak Road from the city limits north to 6A Road at a total cost of $234,000.
Jason Peters is currently waiting on cost estimates from 4 contractors to do additional road work on Union Road from US 30 to 9C, Elm Road from LIncolnway to US 30, 7th Road between LInden and King, Fir Road from Lincolnway to the city limits, Plymouth Goshen Trail from US 6 to the County Line Road and Muckshaw Road from the CIty Limits to 13th Road. These project have a total mileage of 17 miles and a cost estimate of $2,040,000.
The 2016 Road Plan also includes grinding up just over 13 miles of roadway, primarily in German Township. The plan is to grind the roads this year and then chip and seal them next year as long a funding is available.
The presented road plan was approved by the Commissioners and will go before the County Council in a special Monday evening meeting on May 9th at 6pm. If additional funding is not approved by the council the projects in the road plan will have to be reevaluated and prioritized for the funding available.
