WASHTENAW COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION TO: FROM: Washtenaw County Board of Road Commissioners Roy D. Townsend, P.E. Managing Director SUBJECT: Staff Report 5-26-14 to 6-8-14 DATE: June 17, 2014 TOWNSHIP REPORTS A. Maintenance Scraping of soft surfaced roads and patching of paved roads took place throughout the County and dust control of both the primary and local roads has started. In addition, the following specific maintenance activities were performed in individual townships. ANN ARBOR TOWNSHIP Limestone Patch Warren Road: 30 tons Pick-up Fallen Trees Whitmore Lake Road Repair Washouts Warren Road (.5 ton limestone) AUGUSTA TOWNSHIP Limestone Patch Bunton Road, Tuttle Hill Road, Torrey Road, Hitchingham Road: 160 tons Cut Bleeders Bunton Road, Gooding Road, Hitchingham Road, Liss Road Roadside Trash Removal Gooding Road, Hitchingham Road BRIDGEWATER TOWNSHIP Limestone Patch McCollum Road: 55 tons Gravel Patch Sheridan Road, Burmeister Road, Kaiser Road, Hack Road: 100 tons Roadside Trash Removal Clinton Road Pick-up Fallen Trees Clinton Road DEXTER TOWNSHIP Repair Washouts N. Territorial Road (1 ton limestone) Boom Mow Colby Road, Dexter Townhall Road, Riker Road Limestone Patch Shoulders Dexter-Pinckney Road: 8 tons Ditching Dexter Townhall Road Clean Culverts Island Lake Road, Dexter Townhall Road FREEDOM TOWNSHIP Gravel Patch Bemis Road, Waters Road, Luckhardt Road: 44 tons Limestone Patch Waters Road: 10 tons Roadside Trash Removal Saline Waterworks Road
LIMA TOWNSHIP Limestone Patch Fletcher Road: 18 tons Gravel Patch Jerusalem Road: 16 tons Pick-up Fallen Trees Old US-12 East, Trinkle Road Repair Washout McKinley Road (5 tons limestone) Boom Mow Steinbach Road, Trinkle Road LODI TOWNSHIP Limestone Patch Zeeb Road: 14.5 tons Gravel Patch Alber Road, Bethel Church Road: 30 tons Ditching Dell Road Culvert Replacement - Ellsworth Road LYNDON TOWNSHIP Gravel Patch Clarks Lake Road, Island Lake Drive: 28 tons Repair Washout Island Lake Road (4 tons limestone) Pick-up Fallen Trees Guinan Drive, Roe Road Clean Drains Guinan Drive Limestone Patch Lingane Road, Island Lake Drive: 23 tons MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP Gravel Patch Burtless Road, English Road: 28 tons Pick-up Fallen Trees Van Tuyle Road NORTHFIELD TOWNSHIP Limestone Patch Hellner Road, Kearney Road, Six Mile Road, Nollar Road, Five Mile Road, Jennings Road, Earhart Road, Joy Road: 289 tons Pick-up Fallen Trees Kearney Road PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP Limestone Patch Morgan Road, Textile Road, Bemis Road, Iris Lane, Payeur Road, Poppy Lane: 120 tons Road Repair Moon Road Pick-up Fallen Trees Morgan Road Limestone Patch Shoulders Moon Road: 15 tons Roadside Trash Removal Carpenter Road, Ellsworth Road, Lohr Road, Oak Valley Drive Clean Drains Ellsworth Road SALEM TOWNSHIP Limestone Patch Dixboro Road, Six Mile Road, Five Mile Road, Tower Road, Brookville Road: 126 tons 2
SALINE TOWNSHIP Scrape and grade Marion Road and Roehm Road Scrape and dust control Arkona Road, Case Road, Lindsley Road, Willow Road and Mooreville Road SCIO TOWNSHIP Gravel Patch E. Delhi Road: 12 tons Repair Washouts N. Delhi Road, E. Delhi Road Ditching E. Delhi Road Clean Drain Jackson Road Limestone Patch Shoulders Miller Road, Zeeb Road: 5 tons SHARON TOWNSHIP Gravel Patch Peckins Road, Hashley Road: 29 tons SUPERIOR TOWNSHIP Limestone Patch Warren Road, Harris Road, Gotfredson Road: 86 tons Pick-up Fallen Trees Prospect Road SYLVAN TOWNSHIP Gravel Patch Bush Road, Conway Road: 44 tons Limestone Patch Lingane Road: 17 tons Pick-up Fallen Trees Old US-12 Road WEBSTER TOWNSHIP Clean Culverts N. Territorial Road Limestone Patch Cobble Lane, Gregory Road: 20 tons Repair Washouts Farrell Road, Scully Road Limestone Patch Shoulders Joy Road, Mast Road: 5 tons Ditching N. Territorial Road, Walsh Road YORK TOWNSHIP Limestone Patch Willow Road, Fosdick Road: 120 tons Road Repair Platt Road Limestone Patch Shoulders Platt Road: 15 tons Boom Mow Crane Road YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP Limestone Patch Shoulders Clark Road, Textile Road, Rawsonville Road, McCartney Road: 25 tons Clean Catch Basins Studebaker Avenue Repair Drains Summerdale Court East, Woodruff Lane, Ellis Road, Valley View Drive, Midvale Avenue, Fox Avenue, Watson Avenue, Dover Drive Pick-up Fallen Trees Martz Road Clean Drains Emerson Avenue, Harris Road, Russell Street Roadside Trash Removal George Place, Clark Road, Morgan Road 3
STATE TRUNKLINE Patrol Patching I-94, US-23, M-17, US-12 Cable / Guardrail Maintenance/Repairs I-94, US-12, M-17, US-23 Limestone Patch Shoulders M-153, US-23: 110 tons Roadside Trash Removal I-94, US-23, M-14, M-52, US-12 Clean Culverts US-23 Pick-up Fallen Trees US-23 B. Project Development Staff attended a pre-construction meeting for the Textile Non-Motorized Path project in Ypsilanti Township and began preparing for construction staking. Staff continued the design survey on the Textile Intersections Improvement project in Ypsilanti Township. Staff has implemented a project to improve the documentation and mapping process related to the MS4 permit. Staff began witnessing centerline alignment monuments in preparation for the 2014 construction and overlay projects so that the monuments will be re-established or preserved after construction. Staff met with two property owners to explain the needs of the Island Lake Road at Wylie Road Improvement project. Staff completed the final review of the Verizon lease documents with counsel and Verizon representatives. Staff continues to monitor developments pertaining to the proposed modification of the south driveway access easement serving Yard 1. Staff developed WCRC parcel base framework for GIS application. Staff provided an update to the entity interested in pursuing a lease on the Austin Road property (Boelter pit) in Manchester Township. C. Permits & Construction Review & Permit Activities Staff received 35 new right-of-way permit applications and 12 plans during this period for review. At this time there are 182 pending right-of-way permits (applied for but not issued); 63 residential, 65 commercial, 37 utility, and 17 miscellaneous permits. Currently there are 642 active right-of-way permits (issued & awaiting completion); 286 residential, 55 commercial, 194 utility, and 107 miscellaneous permits. Staff issued 28 residential driveways, four commercial, nine utility, eight miscellaneous, and 39 transportation permits and receipted approximately $269,795 in permit fees and surety during this period. PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP Ann Arbor-Saline Road: The Contractor has moved into Stage 2 and is working on removals and grading. Carpenter Road, Bemis Road to Merritt Road: The Contractor is working on the punch list. Carpenter Road, Packard Road to Washtenaw Avenue: The project was awarded to Angelo Iafrate Construction Co. who was the low bidder at $2,746,468.82. Work is scheduled to begin June 16th. Oak Valley Apartments: The Contractor is working on site utility work and building construction. 4
Versa Development (Meijer Outlots): The Contractor is working on site removals and earthwork. SALINE TOWNSHIP Feldkamp Rd Bridge over Saline River: The Contractor completed the bridge rails and paved the HMA approaches. YORK TOWNSHIP York Crest: The Contractor completed the aggregate base and is preparing to pave the HMA base course. YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP Ford Boulevard Bridge over MDOT/Amtrak Railroad: The Contractor is working to secure a permit time extension from the railroad in order to complete project work. 5