Dearborn City Council Greenlights Local Road Projects
The council awarded a contract to DiPonio Contracting, Inc. for roadwork beginning in the spring.
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While it might not feel like it outside, this week marks the beginning of spring, and with it comes the start of construction season in Michigan.
The Dearborn City Council unanimously approved a contract with Shelby Twp.-based DiPonio Contracting, Inc. for water main replacement and asphalt street repaving in several neighborhoods at its meeting on Tuesday.
According to information provided by the council, the contract calls for water main replacement at Kentucky Street from Warren Avenue to Tireman Avenue; Indiana Street from Warren Avenue to Tireman Avenue; Queen Street from Madison Street to north of Oxford Street; Hubbard Street from Madison Street to Oxford; and Vassar Street from Princeton to Oxford.
The streets will also be resurfaced with new concrete curb upon completion of the water main reconstruction. Diversey Street from Wyoming to east of Wisconsin Street, and Morross from Wyoming to east of Wisconsin street will also be resurfaced.
The total cost of the project is $3.4 million, which will be paid for from the city's Sewer Fund and Local Street Fund.
The council also approved a contingency of up to $100,000 to cover any unforeseen issues during the project.
"This is a massive undertaking for our streets," council president Thomas Tafelski said. "It might be an inconvenience for some of our residents, but once the project is complete, we'll be better off in the long run."
DiPonio was the lowest of five bidders, Tafelski said.
The project is expected to begin in the spring. No date was available at the time of this posting.
In other action:
- The council approved Mayor John O’Reilly, Jr.'s appointment of Vincent Spica to the East Dearborn Downtown Development Authority for a term ending on June. 30, 2015. Dearborn resident Kevin Watts was appointed to the Planning Commission for a term ending on June 30, 2014; and Glen Green was appointed to the Zoning Board of Appeals through June 30, 2016.
Rachel L
8:16 am on Thursday, March 21, 2013
And when are they going to repave Gertrude between Dartmouth and Outer Drive? I've gotten two flat tires thanks to the giant pothole that is also known as the "road" (on two different cars). It's awful and it keeps getting worse every winter.. the patching clearly isn't helping.
Pam
8:20 am on Thursday, March 21, 2013
There's lots of bad roads, but money is limited. I know Queen has been a mess for a long time. I've fallen twice on its uneven and cracked sidewalks and I rarely do so when running. The road itself is much worse. These types of things are what I expect from my city taxes, not entertainment complexes and camps.
edward binkley
3:08 pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013
Pam I guess in order to get your neighborhood streets done you can get a petition going and give it to the city council, seeing that I am not in the Mayor seat yet if I was there is alot of neighborhoods in this great city that are in bad shape and I plan on fixing you so that you feel like you have gotten your monies worth just to stay here. Because frankly you have to do work in areas other than Downtown West Dearborn and im still ticked about the golf course a camp Dearborn. And buying a new city hall for 3 million and selling the old 1 for half of that know wonder why the city is going bankrupt. spending not in the right places needed.
BT
9:08 am on Thursday, March 21, 2013
I second Rachel L., living on gertrude for about 14 years and it has continually worse every year. There are 2 bigger holes directly in front of my house/driveway. Patching is not the answer anymore...
Doris
9:33 am on Thursday, March 21, 2013
I have lived on Byrd Street for 43 years and it has not been paved for at least 38 years. Recently they cleaned the sewers but the holes on this end of Byrd by Carlysle have beome terrible. The part of Byrd closest to Snow has been repaired twice, last year and the year before last year. The block closest to Carlysle has been ignored. Why?
laplateau
10:11 am on Thursday, March 21, 2013
Those projects the council approved do not simply refer to re-paving residential streets. Each of these projects are for replacing water main lines. In doing so, almost the entire street is torn up in order to excavate down to where those lines exist. The streets and curbs are replaced as part of the project, as are some of the driveway approaces to each home. Additionally, much of the area between sidewalks and curbs has to be restored as well. Dearborn has been doing projects like these for several years now to keep the water that comes into your home pure, but because of their magnitude, only so many can be done each year. We have to remembver the thousands of miles of paved roads we have in Dearborn that require miantenance, and it can't all be done at once.
edward binkley
2:53 pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013
In my viewpoint sure fix the roads but when they are done i would like to see some kind of cityscape in the East end and the litter and tall grass cut down also. The mayor stated in his speech about the neighborhoods but I have not seen anything done on the East,North,or South sides of the city. I have been asked from people that live in the East end would you clean my neighborhood up cause it looks like Detroit? And my answer is yes. I just have 1 question that I cannot fiqure out how can the council appoint Mayor O'rielly to the East Downtown Development Authority if we as citizens don't know whom the Mayor is going to be?
laplateau
3:24 pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013
Mayor O'Reilly says a lot of things, but I have come to learn that if his lips are moving, he's lying....or at least you only get half-truths and the rest is just pure rhetoric with not much substance. Tom Tafelski, where are you. Throw your hat into the mayoral ring. O'Reilly has GOT TO GO!
POWDERBURNER
3:20 pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013
Wah, Wah, Wah, why not... What about the washboard conditions created by the over loaded truck traffic during the rebuilding of the Greenfield Rd. bridge over Ford Rd.? The Greenfield SB lane to turn west onto Ford is a disaster, as well as the LH south bound lane as you approach Payne Ct. My anti-lock brakes kick in every day as I get bounced around before turn left. Why isn't the construction company who destroyed this road forced to re-pave it?
laplateau
3:32 pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013
Powder...you are absolutely right about the trucks. We used to have a special force of officers in Dearborn that enforced weight limits, but I haven't seen those cops out in years now. And, as I understand it, Michigan allows almost twice the 's a county road. tonnage to be hauled by trucks than most other states. That's the power of the Teamster Union and their lobbying force in Lansing, and all the Democrats that fall right in line with what they ask for in return for hefty campaign donations. However, Dearborn really can't be blamed for Greenfield Road conditions...it's a county road and a county responsibility to maintain. However, with our friend Ficano in power, he's got much more use in for the county funds to be funneled into his cronies pockets, like Turkia Mullin and others to allow it to to minor things like road maintenance. FICANO HAS GOT TO GO!
becki kain
11:04 am on Friday, March 22, 2013
How about fixing the lights in East Dearborn so you can actually drive through it without stopping every 3 feet?
edward binkley
1:47 pm on Saturday, March 23, 2013
If you vote me in I promise you in the eyes of god I will fix all of of your lights with the help of dte and get a response of some kind from the county on greenfield road I think if we offer to split the cost with them they would agree. but first I must get my petition turned in and plan to win but I need help if you want me. I can't do it my self