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Looking for 2021 construction highlights? Read our Construction Recap. |
DTE ENERGY UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS
- Starting in the new year, DTE Energy will begin replacing gas mains on the following streets. Check back for updates on potential road closures.
- If you have any questions or concerns please contact Michael Voss from DTE at 616-218-1031.
PROJECT AREA | START DATE | APPROXIMATE COMPLETION DATE | STATUS |
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Gladstone Drive Franklin Street to Mackinaw Road | January 3 | June 3 | |
Pontiac Road Cadillac Drive to Rosewood Avenue | January 3 | June 3 | |
Robinson Road Gladstone Drive to Plymouth Avenue | January 3 | June 3 | |
Briarwood Avenue Robinson Road to Wealthy Street | January 3 | June 3 | |
Rosewood Avenue Robinson Road to Wealthy Street | January 3 | June 3 |
STREET & SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION UPDATES
In 2015, EGR residents passed a ballot proposal to allow the City to collect 2.0 mills for street and sidewalk improvements. Since then, the Public Works team has worked hard to upgrade the 47 miles of street and 80 miles of sidewalk within the city.
Please review the following 2022 construction project details and note they are subject to change depending on bid results and allocated funds. You can also download the complete 2022 road projects map for a high-level view of this year's work.
PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE
Streets that are not marked for construction this summer may still receive preventative maintenance if necessary. Public Works crews or contractors may apply mastic and/or crack seal throughout the spring and summer seasons. The annually updated PASER street rating map is located at the bottom of this page with ratings each year to benchmark progress with respect to the streets and sidewalks millage.
Public Works crews will be applying mastic treatments to some streets that will be receiving pavement preservation cape seal treatments in August as well as some lower rated streets in June. No parking signs may be posted and there will be limited traffic disruption but the mastic application takes up to a few hours per street for application and curing time. Please view the map link below for streets receiving mastic application.
GENERAL NOTICES
Notices are mailed to affected residents in advance of any work. Notices will also be posted on this page as they are mailed out.
MILL & OVERLAY STREETS
Mill and overlay is a street maintenance process that requires the removal of the top layer of a street by a milling machine. After the top layer is removed, any road base repairs can be completed. Before the new pavement is placed, the surface of the newly milled pavement is covered with a liquid asphalt tack coat to bond the old and new pavements before a new layer of bituminous pavement is put in place. Mill and overlay projects at various depths are designated for streets that meet PASER 2-4 ratings. Spot curb replacement, drainage issues and some ADA ramps are also typically addressed during mill/overlay projects.
**Note Hall Street from Plymouth Road to Sylvan Avenue will be milled and paved by contractors working with the City of Grand Rapids as this section of roadway construction is addressed by joint agreement** Start date has been rescheduled for early August with completion in September**
PROJECT AREA | START DATE | APPROXIMATE COMPLETION DATE | STATUS |
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PHASE 1 | |||
Beechwood Drive Lake Grove Avenue to Gravel | April 11 | End of May | Completed |
Northshire Avenue Woodshire Avenue to End | April | End of May | Completed |
Southshire Avenue Woodshire Avenue to End | April | End of May | Completed |
Woodlawn Avenue Elmwood Drive to Maplewood Drive | April | End of May | Completed |
PHASE 2 | |||
Darby Avenue Bonnell Avenue to Reeds Lake Blvd | Mid-May | Mid-June | Completed |
Kenesaw Drive Lake Drive to Hall Street | Mid-May | Mid-June | Completed |
San Lucia Drive Argentina Drive to End | Mid-May | Mid-June | The week of June 20, the street is anticipated to have the road surface milled and then repaved. No parking signs will be placed and door hanger notices provided to impacted residents. |
PHASE 3 | |||
Berwyck Road Arundel Road to Woodlawn Avenue | Late May | End of June | The week of June 20, construction crews continue to tie-in storm sewer connections and completed lowering structures as well as curb and ADA concrete work. The road surface will be milled and repaved within the next few weeks. No parking signs will be placed and door hanger notices provided to impacted residents. |
Hampshire Avenue York Drive to Andover Road | Late May | End of June | The week of June 20, the street is anticipated to have the road surface milled and then repaved. No parking signs will be placed and door hanger notices provided to impacted residents. |
Whitfield Road Englewood Drive to Brighton Drive | Late May | End of June | The week of June 20, road construction contractors will be removing curb and gutter. Storm sewer connections will be made. The road surface will be milled and repaved within the next few weeks. No parking signs will be placed and door hanger notices provided to impacted residents. |
PHASE 4 |
CAPE SEAL STREETS
In the cape seal process, an engineered polymer-modified RCRI is applied on the existing pavement and then covered with micro-surfacing. This is a cost-effective process that provides the strength and durability of RCRI and the smoothness and texture of micro-surfacing and/or slurry seal. A cape seal is applied when the pavement deterioration is greater than what a slurry seal or micro-surfacing is designed to correct, yet the pavement has not deteriorated to the point of requiring an expensive asphalt overlay. A cape seal prevents water penetration, reducing subsequent damage to the roadbed, along with providing a new wearing surface. Cape seals are applied to streets rated PASER 4-6 depending on additional pavement surface maintenance. Cape seals can be used on residential streets as well as rural and urban highways. Used with crack sealing and necessary surface repairs, a cape seal significantly extends the life of a pavement. In advance of this treatment, the City prepares the existing road surface by milling and paving out rough surface areas and performing crack sealing. This advance preparation work usually takes 1-2 days and is completed with appropriate traffic control. Please expect traffic delays on these streets, and please be courteous and respectful of crews on-site controlling traffic.
Updates
Cape seal projects are tentatively scheduled to be completed in July/early August. Preparation work including mastic joint repairs and spot milling and paving will be completed in June in advance of the cape seal treatments. Work will be completed in collaboration between EGR DPW and the KCRC. Preparation work will have minimal impact to traffic.
Resources
- Contractor resource information will be posted soon.
Fredrick Drive End to End | August | August/September | |
Bonnell Avenue Lake Drive to Mary Avenue | August | August/September | |
Beechwood Drive Lake Grove to End | August | August/September | |
Seminole Road Fisk Road to Gladstone | August | August/September | |
Manhattan Lane Manhattan Road to End | August | August/September | |
Briarwood Avenue Wealthy Street to Lake Drive | August | August/September | |
Rexford Drive Reeds Lake Boulevard to Cascade Road | August | August/September | |
Manhattan Road Reeds Lake Boulevard to End | August | August/September | |
Sherman Street Gladstone Avenue to Cambridge Boulevard | August | August/September | |
Edgemere Drive Wealthy Street to Lake Pointe | August | August/September | |
San Jose Drive San Lu Rae Drive to Argentina Drive | August | August/September |
MICRO-SURFACE STREETS
Micro-surfacing, a cost-effective pavement maintenance process used by departments of transportation and municipalities across the country, is a design mixture of polymer-modified asphalt emulsion, crushed aggregate, mineral fillers, water and additives. The mixture is properly proportioned, mixed and uniformly spread over a suitably prepared surface. Micro-surfacing is a pavement preservation treatment for street surfaces rated at PASER 5 or 6. Micro-surfacing provides a quality wearing surface, extends pavement life, sets within a day, seals out moisture and does not require utility casting adjustments. In advance of this treatment, the City prepares the existing road surface by milling and paving out rough surface areas and performing crack sealing.
Updates
- Micro-surface treatments are not scheduled for the 2022 construction season.
Resources
PROJECT AREA | START DATE | APPROXIMATE COMPLETION DATE | STATUS |
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SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION
As part of the 2015 Streets and Sidewalks Millage, the City has been investing more funds into the annual sidewalk rehab and replacement program. Each year, targeted areas are investigated on a rotation basis. The targeted area is subject to budget constraints.
Updates
- The sidewalk rehabilitation and replacement program target area for the 2022 construction season is in the southwest area of the city. Construction was completed in early June. For information on targeted areas from past and future years please view documents noted below.
- Sidewalk construction to add sidewalk on the southside of Robinson Rd from Briarwood Ave to Plymouth Road was completed in late June 2022. Additional work for enhancing pedestrian safety included the removal of the drive approach into the intersection at Plymouth Rd and Robinson and relocating the crosswalk from the east leg to the west leg. An RRFB was also approved and installed at the crossing by the Department of Public Works.
SANITARY SEWER UTILITY SYSTEM
SANITARY SEWER REHABILITATION
Updates
- Contractor: Corby Energy Services
- Notice to all Impacted Residents
PROJECT AREA | START DATE | APPROXIMATE COMPLETION DATE | STATUS |
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Edgemere Drive Wealthy Street to End | June | June | Completed |
Lovett Avenue Wealthy Street to Lake Drive | June | June | Completed |
Kenesaw Drive Lake Drive to Hall Street | June | June | Underway the week of June 20 |
South Arm Reeds Lake Boulevard Reeds Lake Boulevard to End | June | June | Completed |
STORM SEWER REHABILITATION
- Contractor: Corby Energy Services; Project Manager Josh Freeman, 734.604.5109
PROJECT AREA | START DATE | APPROXIMATE COMPLETION DATE | STATUS |
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Cambridge Drive Alexander Road to Fisk Road | June | June | Completed |
Hall Street Breton Road to Lake Drive | June | June | Completed |
Princeton Boulevard Dead End | June | June | Completed |
Easement-Frederick Drive to Reeds Lake Outfall | June | June | Underway the week of June 20 |
WATER UTILITY SYSTEM
WATER MAIN REHABILITATION (CURED-IN-PLACE PIPE)
Cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) is a trenchless process to rehabilitate water mains. This process is less invasive and less disruptive than open-cut utility replacement. Before the existing water main is removed from service, a temporary above-ground water service system is put into place. Once the temporary system is in place and has passed required testing, the contractor will contact residents to remove water meters from homes before connecting to this system. The existing water main is then taken out of service. Access pits, which EGR DPW crews will have pre-excavated, are used to access segments of the water main. At these sites, the contractor cleans the water main with a metal chain reamer and inspects the pipe with closed-circuit television to map water service locations. After this is completed, plugs are inserted at water service locations by specialized robotic equipment. Then the new liner is inserted, epoxy resin is injected and hot water is circulated to cure the new liner into the new structural pipe within the old (host) pipe. When this is completed, hydrostatic pressure testing is conducted, water services are reinstated and the new pipe is disinfected, flushed and tested. Water services are then brought back into service, water the contractor contacts residents to reinstall water meters and the temporary system is removed. Restorations are then completed in the project areas. Water service lines that the City owns (between the main and the stop box/shut off in the public right-of-way) that need replacement will take place this summer, fall and into the winter.
- Contractor: Fer Pal
- FAQs
PROJECT AREA | START DATE | APPROXIMATE COMPLETION DATE | STATUS |
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Lakeside Drive Hall Street to Burchard Street (660 LF of 10-inch cast-iron main installed in 1928) | July | September | Access pits are anticipated to be excavated in July. Above ground temporary water service lines will also be installed. |
Heather Street Pinecrest Avenue to Eastlawn Avenue (780 LF of 6-inch cast-iron main installed in 1920) | July | September | Access pits are anticipated to be excavated in July. Above ground temporary water service lines will also be installed. |
Martin Luther King Jr/Franklin Street Cambridge Boulevard to Rosewood Avenue (325 feet of 6 inch ductile iron installed in 1996) | July | September | Access pits are anticipated to be excavated in July. Above ground temporary water service lines will also be installed. |
Robinson Road Plymouth Road to west of Gladstone Avenue (1,260 LF of 6 inch cast iron installed in 1919) | July | September | Access pits are anticipated to be excavated in late June/July. Above ground temporary water service lines will also be installed. |
Water Utility System Distribution System Survey The City of East Grand Rapids, in conjunction with Advanced Hydro Vac, is hydro-excavating water service lines to complete a comprehensive inventory of water service line materials and water shut-off valves. Target areas are street construction project areas as well as the far west quadrant of the City. Residents will be mailed a notice describing this inventory work. All work will be completed in the public right-of-way. The excavations will be backfilled by the City with restorations including topsoil and seed being completed within several weeks of the survey work. |
MANHOLE REHABILITATION PROGRAM
- Manhole rehabilitation will be completed on all mill and overlay street projects in advance of road construction during the months of May and June 2022.
- No impact to utility service.
- Contractor: Havener Tech, Inc
CATCH BASIN REHABILITATION PROGRAM
- Catch basin rehabilitation will be completed on all mill and overlay street projects in advance of road construction during the month of May and June 2022.
- Contractor: Havener Tech, Inc
STREET & SIDEWALK MILLAGE
In 2015, East Grand Rapids voters approved a 10-year, 2.0-mill Streets and Sidewalks Millage request. The City updates its progress towards our 70% goal each fall after the construction season to benchmark our progress. Since the passing, the City has worked aggressively to upgrade the 47 miles of street and 80 miles of sidewalk within the City. Construction projects are subject to change depending on bid results and allocated funds. The City has 47.26 miles of streets. Below is a graph of our current progress reflecting the road work completed.
Proper street maintenance and surface preservation treatments at the right time (per PASER asset condition rating) is important to maintain the street surface condition, maximizing the impact of investment, while extending the life of the street asset.
The Michigan Transportation Asset Management Council (TAMC) provides best practices for road preservation based on a road's specific PASER rating. The City uses these best practices when deciding how to best preserve the lifespan of our roads. Take a look at the recommended surface treatments in accordance to PASER ratings.
The blue line shows road condition projection if no additional funding was received. The green line projects road conditions through the 10-year period of the Street & Sidewalk Millage using the additional 2.0 mills approved by EGR voters. The red line shows current ratings with approved millage.
View specific road PASER details and progress by reviewing the following maps:
PASER Ratings Information Guide
Additional Resources
- Streets & Sidewalks Millage Proposal Fact Sheet
- Video Tutorial of City Revenues and Street Expenditures
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Transportation Asset Management Council (TAMC) for information related to road conditions, funding, and asset management.
Questions regarding the 2015 Streets & Sidewalk Millage can be directed by phone to 616.949.2110, by email to City Clerk Karen Brower or by mail at 750 Lakeside Dr. SE, EGR, MI 49506.