Shelby Asked to Ante Up $800,000 to Widen Hayes Road from 21 to 23 Mile
The project, due to begin in June, is expected to cost $8.8 million total.
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The long-awaited widening of Hayes Road from 21 to 23 Mile is scheduled to start in June, but before work can begin, Shelby Township must give final approval for the project and commit to its portion of the overall cost.
Although the project is expected to cost $8.8 million total, Shelby Township's tab is only $800,000. This is largely thanks to the project's selection as part of the Federal Aid Committee's Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP).
Of the $8.8 million cost, federal monies are due to cover $5.6 million, with the remaining $3.2 million shared by Macomb County (50 percent), Shelby Township (25 percent) and Macomb Township (25 percent).
In addition to granting final approval of the project, the Shelby Township board of trustees will also be required to authorize funding for this project in the township's 2013 budget. The board is expected to act on these issues at tonight's township meeting.
Per the project agreement with the county, Shelby and Macomb townships are required to pay their portions of the cost prior to the award of any bids for the project. Once the project is complete, any additional costs will be tallied and charged to the townships.
Work is scheduled to begin in June and wrap up in September.
Currently, Hayes Road is four lanes wide from Hall Road to 21 ½ Mile Road. At 21 ½ Mile Road, the road merges into two lanes until it reaches 23 Mile Road and returns to four. Construction will widen this section to five lanes.
See a full list of 2013 construction projects in Macomb County.
Matt Guarnieri
10:04 am on Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Hayes benefits Macomb Township residents far more than Shelby Township citizens. If we say no to this can we prevent the widening of this road? 800.000 dollars is a lot of money and will put Shelby Township into a deficit position for it's budget this year. Let them find the money to widen this elsewhere. When other municipalities have denied funding in the past the roads still got widened, now it's our turn to say no.
Russ Matika
10:55 am on Tuesday, February 5, 2013
If the township turns down Cherry Creek's request for the 8 year rent abatement we'll have over $1.4M that we can spend on widening Hayes Road. If you've ever driven down this stretch of road you'll see it is needed, especially during peak times. Traffic gets backed up and emergency vehicles cannot get through -- this would be Shelby emergency vehicles as well as Macombs. So this would benefit Shelby as well as Macomb.
Matt Guarnieri
3:12 pm on Thursday, February 7, 2013
It's 120,000 a year over 8 years for Cherry Creek.
Utica refused to pay for a road a few years back and the county forked up the extra cash to get the road done.... just wondering if we refused... if...,,, the need would be so great, maybe the other parties would make up our end of the road cost.
That's all I meant.
Sarah Franklin
5:17 pm on Thursday, February 7, 2013
Russ that is way too practical.
Are you sure you wouldn't prefer a fancier sign at Cherry creek golf course, a redecorated ball room, a patio out back and some plans for real improvements to be made between 2016-2020? That is what $550,000 will effectively buy Shelby taxpayers over the next three years. Spending this same money on a road that would simply save 100's of taxpayer hours in lieu of waiting in long lines on Hayes is no where near as important. Does the sarcasm permeate these words??
Russ Matika
2:31 pm on Sunday, February 10, 2013
Matt, just to set the record straight the total amount for the 8 year period is actually $1.3M -- I overstated the total by $100k, sorry. The yearly amounts vary and are much greater than the "120,000 a year" figure that you provided:
2013 - $125,000
2014 - $125,000
2015 - $125,000
2016 - $145,000
2017 - $165,000
2018 - $185,000
2019 - $205,000
2020 - $225,000
These figures were obtained from the agenda packet for the board meeting.
macombresident
12:23 pm on Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Widening of Hayes will definitely benefit shelby & macomb. If you've ever driven this road, particularly at rush hour like I do, you know how backed up Hayes becomes at 22 mile