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This is in regards to an inquiry I wrote on 6/21/23 about what the city plans to do about our gravel road on Gardner St E. Brent Bashaw replied with a nice reply that I would receive a response in 2 to 4 weeks. Now it's 6 weeks with no response. So me and many of the neighbors want to hear about the progress on this matter.
Brent Bashaw wrote:
Good Afternoon. I acknowledge your frustration and desire to get the road paved. There has been schedule delays due to COVID, Mound Road construction, etc. but we are committed to completing this project. The design has been completed and our consultants directed to supply a final schedule for project completion. You will receive information in the next 2-4 weeks on the project moving forward and planned meeting.
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Neighbor112 (Registered User)
Drew Zurro (Registered User)
Neighbor112 (Registered User)
Drew Zurro (Registered User)
The only number I have is:
Brent Bashaw
Work (586) 446-2721
Work Fax (586) 276-4061
Main (586) 446-2720
Home bbashaw@sterling-heights.net
Neighbor112 (Registered User)
Drew Zurro (Registered User)
Drew Zurro (Registered User)
Gardner1 (Registered User)
Neighbor112 (Registered User)
Neighbor112 (Registered User)
Drew Zurro (Registered User)
Neighbor112 (Registered User)
Neighbor112 (Registered User)
Drew Zurro (Registered User)
Russell Corley (Registered User)
Russell Corley (Registered User)
Drew Zurro (Registered User)
City of Sterling Heights mayor obviously has his own agenda that’s more important!
Russell Corley (Registered User)
Russell Corley (Registered User)
Neighbor112 (Registered User)
Russell Corley (Registered User)
Drew Zurro (Registered User)
Neighbors, FYI…
Dear Mr. Zurro
I am in receipt of your inquiry regarding the project status of Gardner Street East paving. I understand your frustration and apologize for the delay in this project. I want to let you know up front that we are committed to moving forward with the steps necessary to complete this project. In the recent years we have navigated the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequently the Innovate Mound project impacting the timeliness of this project. Today you may have noticed Engineering staff onsite surveying the work completed at the intersection by the Innovate Mound Project to enable the completion of the Gardner Street design. The work completed at the Mound Road intersection reduced the scope of the Gardner project and thus substantially reduced the cost to residents. The design of the project is complete aside from the slight amendment needed at Mound Road. The remaining steps include holding the necessary public hearings, creating the preliminary assessment roll for property costs, and to complete the bidding and award for construction as determined by the hearings. The Engineering Department met with our consultants last week discussing this project and planning the next steps. We are finalizing the schedule and will be providing a letter to all residents on Gardner Street within the next 30 days regarding the project timeline.
Thank you for your patience and understanding during this process. Additionally, please feel free to contact me directly with any questions you may have regarding this project.
Sincerely,
Jason Castor
Lauren (Registered User)
Drew Zurro (Registered User)
FYI,
We’re hoping to see an update by months end per Jason Castors message above.
2024 marks the 8th year since we submitted a petition to have the road paved.
There are many neighbors for it as we had the majority (90%) 8 years ago although I’m not sure if we still do since many neighbors have moved.
We’ve been always told next year for the last 5-6 years or given an excuse from our original city contacts.
Jason is a new contact (Not sure if he took over) so we’ll see what happens by months end.
It’s been very frustrating.