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These intersections are awful. Loose piles of sand/ debris in every corner, potholes galore. The debris is being created from the deteriorating road surface/ enlarging potholes. I believe these are two of the most accident prone intersections on Grand River Ave. after Hagadorn Rd.; they need serious help. There's a collapsing manhole cover on the north side of the Okemos Rd. intersection that had some asphalt thrown on it, so now it's only 1/2 collapsed. Some crashes can be caused by bad road conditions.
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Tim Potter (Registered User)
Tim Potter (Registered User)
Tim Potter (Registered User)
Tim Potter (Registered User)
Tim Potter (Registered User)
Tim Potter (Registered User)
Some potholes were treated with shovelfuls of asphalt along M-43 in Mer. Twp. recently. To MDOT's credit I did receive this response earlier this week from the MDOT staff responsible for M-43 maintenance:
"Thank you for bringing these issues to our attention. We currently have a crew from the Williamston Maintenance Garage working to patch as many of the holes as possible in this stretch of Grand River, and they are also working to level any manhole covers that are low. Additionally, our catchbasin-cleaning/curb-sweeping contractor will be going through this area once we are done patching so that they can clean up any loose material; I believe the Ingham County Road Department is having their sweeper clean up debris on their approaches to Grand River as well.
This section of Grand River is currently scheduled for major rehab work in 2023, and we are doing the best that we can to keep the road in a safe and serviceable condition until that point. We are also looking for any opportunity to move this project up, but at this point that is an unlikely possibility due to other competing projects within our region.
I hope that I have addressed all of your questions and concerns. Please feel free to contact me again if you should have any other issues. Thanks.
Thomas J. Fisher, P.E.
Operations Engineer Manager, Lansing TSC
Michigan Department of Transportation