Road department update: construction, materials, and $1.8 million legislative allocation noted

Road department representatives reported that calcium chloride treatment for gravel roads is finishing, shoulder repairs and local construction work are underway, and several larger projects are active, including beam-setting for a railroad-highway project and mill-and-fill work set to begin around Sept. 30 on Harbor Country Drive.

In a legislative update, the road department was told it is slated to receive $1,800,000, though officials said the final distribution remains uncertain because the county's share of marijuana-tax revenue is still in flux. Commissioners were notified that a road department resolution for an MDOT federal-aid resurfacing project on Rangeline Road from M-139 to Snyder Road (county obligation estimated at $269,645) will appear on the Sept. 17 agenda.