2017 Authority for Road Maintenance Routine Maintenance Obligation and Responsibility These activities are routinely Under Michigan Public Act shoulders, the grading of done as cyclic or reactive work 283 of 1909, the Road gravel roads, the types. Cyclic maintenance examples include street Commission is charged with maintenance of roadside sweeping or shoulder grading providing reasonably safe drainage systems, and winter maintenance and reactive examples include county roads to the motoring pothole patching. operations. public through construction and maintenance efforts. In general, these road Preventative Maintenance For the most part, these duties maintenance activities are include the patching of hard broken down into routine, These activities are periodic surfaced roads, the grading preventative, emergency, inexpensive treatments of road and patching of roadside and planned maintenance. pavement which provide protection, decrease the rate of deterioration, and add service life to the pavement. Examples include crack Primary, Paved = 426 miles Subdivision = 419 miles sealing, seal coat surfacing, and skip paving. Local, Paved = 517 miles --------------------------- Local, Gravel = 325 miles Total = 1,687 miles Emergency Maintenance Local Road Maintenance Overview These activities cannot be Township Collaboration estimated with any certainty in advance. Examples include Commission to resurface or storm related damage or The Road Commission and culvert failures. reconstruct subdivision Townships have a unique relationship regarding local streets, pave local gravel road construction and roads, or apply dust control. Planned Maintenance maintenance. When possible, the These activities are identified The Road Commission Townships assist in funding through strategic planning. maintains all local streets these local road Examples include year-round. However, improvements as they reconstruction and resurfacing. funding constraints limit the primarily benefit residents in a specific area. ability of the Road Pothole Patching Gravel Road Preventative Maintenance is a more economical way of Method of Repair Maintenance Overview maintaining the road network by lengthening the time Gravel road maintenance Potholes become plentiful in between construction and activities include periodic the spring as frost comes out reconstruction. Methods of the ground. As a result, grading, the addition of include: Road Commission workers gravel at spot locations, and Crack Sealing shovel more than 1 million vegetation control. As funding allows, the Road The crack or joint is cleaned pounds of patching material and an overband layer of Commission will perform into potholes every year. rubberized asphalt is placed to gravel resurfacing and fill the area. As weather and resources drainage maintenance. allow, the Road Commission The Township will select will also use a long lasting Seal Coat Surfacing spray injection system that and purchase a dust control cleans the area, applies a tack material, and determine the A three-step process with a coat, and places the patch frequency and location of layer of asphalt emulsion, a layer of chip aggregates, and a material into the pothole. applications. The Road Commission will then grade fog sealant. What can you do? Work the gravel road prior to the crews constantly patrol for - placement of the dust and repair - potholes. Still, control. Cape Seal Surfacing you can help. If you see a A combination of a layer of Dust control materials are pothole, please report it by seal coat surfacing without a calling 616-842-5400 or go typically a man-made fog sealant that is covered with online at www.ottawacorc.com. Calcium Chloride solution a layer of micro-surfacing. or a Mineral Well Brine that is pumped from the ground. H Winter maintenance operations will be conducted in accordance with the established priority system based on traffic volumes, road classification, and location. It is the Road Commission’s objective to minimize the utilization of overtime, while achieving a primary goal of traversable roadways. The order of priority is as follows: Priority 1 – State Highways Priority 2 – Multi-lane Primary Roads Priority 3 – Primary Roads Priority 4 – Local Paved Roads Priority 5 – Subdivision Streets Priority 6 – Local Gravel Roads Priority 7 – Dead End Streets and Cul-de-sacs .