Still terrible. In fact, it's worse now. Potholes are unavoidable.

They're done some patching. Drivers still drive down the middle because the patching is poorly done and there are so many uneven areas that people go about 20+ miles UNDER the speed limit - just to be safe.

Gardner Bros did a great job filling holes. We appreciate that. Drivers still use the middle, as the road is incredibly rough.

New holes all over

Gardner Bros patched it recently. It's definitely better, but still extremely rough.

still terrible

Still terrible. There are some pot holes that only those of us who live here know to avoid. Drivers STILL drive down the center of the road in an effort to avoid blown tires and it's dangerous.

Still lousy. Several in east bound lane just west of Harper Creek Drive

Someone patched the large holes near Harper Creek Drive. That's helpful.

There are CAVERNOUS potholes all over D Drive N, mainly in the west bound lane right now. Awful!

Almost all vehicles continue to drive in the middle of the road. Holes everywhere.

I was nearly hit two times last night by people driving over the center lane in the opposite direction, cresting a hill. This is terrible. (I have to travel this road, it's NOT a cut-through for me).

D Dr N condition is horrendous. The continual patching is not effective. Because there is no shoulder, people are driving down the middle of the road to avoid the uneven surface. This road is hilly so there is going to be a head on accident if this Road doesn’t get resurfaced soon. I don’t understand why other roads that aren’t near as bad have been repaired and D Dr N is left in such horrible shape!!

Road is horrible. No way to drive in your lane without damaging your car. Most are driving down center of road. serious accident is on the horizon what is it going to take?

Road is crumbling away on the edges so bad there is nowhere to drive other than the middle of the road. Not safe. Wish I had a different route to take but I need this road to get home. Really not safe when a school bus or garbage truck comes toward you on this road.

Road is dangerously rough. Unable to drive in lane, forced to swerve around to avoid giant holes. Patch jobs are not cutting it, and no alternate route available to Victory Church or Lady Jessica Isle.

^or Harper Creek Drive. That's two residential streets and one place of worship who have no alternative but this poorly maintained road.

Some of D Drive was cold patched recently, but not nearly enough. Again, cold patching is inefficient.

The road conditions on D Drive are terrible. It neeeds to be repaved. Every time they just fill potholes and it doesn’t help at all! It is a waste of money to just keep filling potholes, it needs repaved. It’s becoming very dangerous, the traffic on this road is much to high. You have to drive down the center and even that is worse in sections. What will it take for it to be a Priority??

Winter has taken this road to yet another level of horrendous. There is no other option other than to drive down the middle of the road. Stop cold patching and please fix this road properly.

Patching can help but there is literally nothing left to patch in certain areas. The road and shoulders are crumbling apart. It is a main thoroughfare for traffic from Beadle Lake Rd up to Harper Village. A lot of traffic and driving in the middle of the road is very common on blind hills. The road needs to be redone.

Winter has taken even more of a toll on the condition of the road. Nearly experinced a head on collision this morning over a blind hill in which both the oncoming vehicle and I were forced to drive in the middle of the street to avoid going off the non existent shoulder. Dangerous - does this require an accident to get attention? I’d like to think that our community supports health, safety and family. It’s time to take action!

The concern of an accident occurring on this street is at its highest. It is no longer possible to drive in your lane and when forced to (due to an oncoming car) you need to drive very slow so that you do not damage your car. This road must be fixed!

This road is extremely dangerous! The patches are not holding and never did. This road gets plenty of heavy traffic and needs to be repaved as soon as possible. Narrow shoulder, huge potholes, hills and curves, many near accidents just in our family and thousands travel this road each week. It is a shortcut to everything. So many have to drive down the middle of the road. Your driving choices are to hit a huge crater, hit a car, drive blindly down the middle, or smash a mailbox. It would be better to block off this road than to allow cars to travel on it!!

Just moved here from MN, and visited Victory Life Church on D Drive N. The road conditions certainly warrant replacement - pot holes, crumbling surfaces. It will be expensive, but certainly needed. Prayers are welcome!

Pot holes are getting deeper by the day. People are driving down center of road and sometimes on wrong side to avoid damage to their cars. This road is very busy as it is not only for residents but also Victory Life Church and anyone cutting through from Beadle Lake to 6 1/2 mile road to get to stores.

It is a horrible road to drive on! I feel bad for the people that live on D Drive N as well as those who attend Victory Life Church! It is dangerous. I had to drive on the opposite side of the road up a hill to avoid being swallowed by the road! Someone has to fix this!!!

A week ago, some holes were patched, but it was poorly done and whomever did it missed many of the gaps in the pavement. Vehicles still drive down the middle of the road to avoid damage - but it's incredibly dangerous with the hills in the road.

This road is dangerous and still in terrible condition. D Drive N is a shortcut from I-94 and busy Beadle Lake Rd to all the shopping, as well as a very big church. Still a lot of crumbling, pot holes, and unsafe driving. The whole road is a deep rumble strip. I have seen many semi trucks use this road to get to hotel construction or make deliveries to Beckley Road from highway.

from nearly FOUR YEARS ago....

PLEASE PERMANENTLY FIX THIS DANGEROUS ROAD! Our family, friends, and neighbors have to drive on it every day.

Truly out of hand. There are far too many potholes to navigate this road safely.

Not even a full lane in the center to drive on anymore. Should probably close the road to through traffic. Limit it to residents who must use the road to get home.

^^ I agree with Pam. Perhaps closing to through traffic is a stop gap until it's properly fixed.

https://youtu.be/ydcfD7IFspQ

^^Video from 4/13/18

The road is in horrible condition. Even driving down the center of the road does not allow drivers to miss the humongous pot holes. Someone is going to get injured, and it is definitely ruining cars!

It's worse than ever! Please at LEAST patch for now! There are areas where you cannot avoid potholes, even if you drive down the center or off the side of the road.

Not even possible to drive down the center of the road without dropping into DEEP potholes...while patching is not the answer agree with Sarah - please at least patch!

Oh my gosh. On Sunday I was leaving home when church traffic was coming in and coming home when church traffic was leaving. Straight line of cars from Victory Life Church to Beadle Lake rd. No one could drive in the center with cars going in both directions. Cars were starting to drive over in people’s yards. This is really unsafe. Please at least get some patches in the really deep/wide holes!

Please fix this road! It DESPERATELY needs replacement. Even patch it for the next few weeks as it warms up!

It is no longer possible to drive down this road without hitting DEEP holes - patching hasnt occurred since I dont remember when. Driving down the center very slowly is still the best option however you are still hitting DEEP pot holes. I live on Lady Jessica and take a left at the bottom of my street even it it means having to driving around blocks to get to a my destination. This is infuriating!

While a crew filled some holes a week and a half ago, it's only an extremely short term bandage. Holes are already reappearing and beginning anew.

Once again, people are resorting to driving down the center as the patching did not last. Additionally, part of the road has been CLOSED because of the deterioration. MUST FIX

Apparently potholes won't be patched anymore? Yes, the bridge is closed, but we residents still need to use D Drive N and are finding the potholes impossible to avoid.

If there is any concern for people's safety in Emmett Township, PLEASE repair this road. Road commission YOU are a wide open lawsuit if something happens. Huge pot holes are impossible to avoid and near accidents every day for us who are forced to use it, especially while the bridge is out. There are 12 families down on Harper Creek Drive forced to drive in awful conditions. We cannot be left to drive around such crumbling without even the meager patches that used to be done, but are being ignored while you work things out. There are young drivers also trying to maneuver this dangerous road!! We recently hosted visitors from Europe and South America and they commented on this being the worst road they've ever seen, and how do we live here?

So pleased that many of the holes were filled recently. Still waiting for the bridge to be repaired so that we can drive our normal routes.

Terrible, awful. Even with the bridge closed.

Both D Drive and E Drive are in terrible condition, with jaw clenching shaking, bumps and racket as we drive over both due to poor conditions AND bridge being out - requiring detour over worse roads. We have no safe or secure option. We drive a big van and move a lot of people several times a day and our vehicle rattles significantly the whole time. We are very concerned about repairs, the extra time it takes for police and fire to arrive, how long it takes to get anywhere safely, and all the young drivers trying to maneuver these potholes and swerving head-on traffic.

This road is terrible and is being neglected. One portion is actually blocked by barricades because it's so unsafe.

Numerous deep and large potholes. Now that part of this road is closed, it's being completely neglected. This is terrible.

Our friends had to take the detour (due to bridge being out) to our house and hit a pot hole on E Drive and blew a tire and bent their wheel rim. Our daughter has broken 2 struts on Dr Drive N while waiting for pot holes to be fixed. My husband was in a terrible accident and totaled our car due to very poor (if any) plowing for nearly 24 hours causing slippery roads on 11/28/18. 2 hours later the road was plowed...twice. This road has blind curves, 45 MPH speed limit, and many cars still drive down the middle to avoid the rumbles. We have nurses, hospital managers, doctors, elderly care workers, college professors, military, and many more people trying to get out daily. Not to mention huge amounts of traffic from the church especially on Sundays blocking the road and preventing us from getting out to... anywhere.

The road being so terribly rough, with deep potholes, the road closing etc - is causing damage to nearly all who drive here. This is awful!

So sad that even in this small town politics are getting in the way. People are willing to help pay as it is costing many so much more In car damages. Sad the board still can’t move something forward. They should be ashamed

This road, and many like it, are safety hazards and something needs to be done. D Dr N and E Dr N are both examples of how awful the road conditions are. This is costing the tax payers MORE and more each passing year; both in vehicle expenses and the overal cost to repair these roads the correct way.

This is beyond ridiculous. We are being ignored by our township. This stretch of D Dr N is dangerous, costly, and unacceptable.

Terrible, awful, almost impassable.

I realize it's winter, but D Dr N is full of new potholes and hasn't been getting plowed well or often. More accidents and car damage have occurred. There is also a semi truck parked in front of a house alongside this narrow road making it even harder to navigate around pot holes and oncoming traffic. We feel trapped because the bridge is closed with no plans until June. Add to that the lengthy Sunday traffic so we are blocked in both directions at times. Police have to help with traffic control at 6 1/2 mile. Another reminder that this road is hilly, curvy, full of potholes and crumbling edges, has a ridiculous 45 MPH speed limit, no shoulders, lots of trees and traffic, a busy church, and even multiple teenagers trying to get through here safely.

Governor Whitmer recommended that people post pics of potholes, car damage, accidents, etc with #ftdr. I know she hasn't responded to the letters Sarah Stout has sent to her, but I'm hopeful that her pledge to fix the roads can somehow go beyond the state roads. This situation on D Dr N is ridiculous.

This only gets worse. There is a particularly HUGE pothole on the west bound side of the road, just west of Victory Life Church. We are risking our lives when we leave home. It is treacherous.

Can this road get any worse?? We now have to stop to let traffic bumble past because there is no way to stay in one lane. In addition to numerous potholes and crumbling, there are two huge craters at the bottom of a blind hill and you just have to hope no one is coming. There are no yellow lines and the road is falling apart quickly. It's nearly gone. It forces residents of D Drive and Harper Creek Drive to choose our trips wisely.

See other D Drive N Battle Creek MI threads as well. "Potholes" and more have been created regarding this issue.

The temporary measures are just that, temporary. This road is falling apart.

Agreed - this road and a majority in Calhoun County are bumpy, riddled with holes and will tear any vehicle apart. D Drive and E Drive are horrendous both the same.

We've been told that D Drive N will be re-done soon. In the meantime, PLEASE patch. Deep holes abound.

Sarah Stout, I thought that D Dr N was not scheduled to be done until the 3rd year, according to the map that was posted. Will it be done when they replace the bridge?

Laurie - while I can’t find my copy, I thought that the letter that came with our property tax update said that D would be done first.

The letter we received says that D Drive N "culvert and road replacement" will begin in July and take about four weeks. It seems that they've promised road replacement beginning in July.

Terrible, terrible. The holes aren't being patched.

Please patch the holes! So many of them....

Big pot holes and broken narrow road needs attention and patching immediately please. Many close accidents, and a few real accidents over the past year due to bridge closing.

We continue to swerve and miss those who drive down the middle and opposite side of the road due to pot holes. Some drive too fast, with limited sight distance, hills, curves, mailboxes, church traffic, and trees.

Please fix this road, can you imagine how bad this is going to be in 3 more years (when it is proposed to be reconstructed)? County needs to be better about patching these holes until then....

Still terribly uneven and falling apart.

Nothing new here. This road is terrible and they STILL haven't fixed the bridge. It will allegedly be done sometime next month........... We shall see...

Still lousy. Still closed. Drivers still have to drive in the center. Ugh.

still terrible. Still waiting.

Visited last weekend and couldn’t believe that D Drive is in worse condition than I had ever seen prior to moving last year. Horrendous conditions you have to drive down the middle of D Dr praying you don’t get hit by an oncoming car. Sad for all that still have do deal with this daily. Township you should be ashamed Of yourselves!

Still terrible. There are a couple of deep, deep potholes that we all have to avoid.

Deep potholes.

Deep potholes all over. Terrible.

Please, please fill the huge holes!

Sad that our taxes have increased to fix roads in Emmett Township, yet we are left to feel unsafe driving our families and children to our home. It is an embarrassment to all who are forced to travel these dangerous roads to go to church or home. Damage to your vehicle is inevitable here in Emmett Township!

At LEAST fill the deep, gaping holes!!!! It's like dodging land mines for your tires.

Please patch the insane amount of dangerous holes before someone gets hurt - or their car wrecked. The holes on this road are just horrendous.

Cars still driving down the center to avoid the terrible asphalt on the outer half of each side of the road. Terrible road. We need this repaired NOW

Still terrible. Can't wait for the repair later this summer.

It's as bad as ever and not the south bound traffic on 6 1/2 Mile is be re-routed onto D Dr N! The traffic is awful and making things worse.

Some poor man completely broke the axle on his vehicle as he drove from the dirt portion of the bridge/culvert onto the “paved” portion of D Dr N right near Harper Creek Dr. This situation is horrendous !

The patching helped. People still drive down the center of the road. VERY dangerous.

The patching helped, but I avoid the part of D drive between Lady Jessica and Beadle Lake whenever I possibly can. I will take a longer route just to not have to subject my car and my kids to those potholes. Is this road really going to be fixed this summer?? It’s so dangerous.

Can't wait for this road to be repaired! It's just awful.

Right now it’s a dirt road as they’ve begun repair. It’s better!

Wow! Lovely job, Lakeland!