Construction Updates


Looking for 2022 construction highlights? Read our Construction Recap.
 
Upcoming Closures/Detours:

9/29/23 Closure for westbound Hall Street at Bonnell for DTE gas leak repair.  The westbound traffic detour will be the East Beltline to Lake Drive. The area will be open to local traffic. 


**Note-Closure/Detour estimated timeframes may be impacted by variables like weather, equipment failure, utility conflicts, etc.**


DTE ENERGY UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS

  • Starting in the new year, DTE Energy will begin replacing private gas main on the following streets. Check back for updates on potential road closures.  
  • If you have any questions or concerns please contact Michael Voss from DTE at 616-218-1031.




Warwick Road
Ballard Street to End
January 1, 2023December 21, 2023
Pontiac Road
Cadillac Drive to Rosewood Avenue
January 3, 2022June 3, 2022Completed
Ballard Street
Warwick Road to End
January 1, 2023December 21, 2023
Boston Street
Laurel Avenue to End
January 1, 2023December 21, 2023Completed
Orville Street
Warwick to End
January 1, 2023December 21, 2023
Maxwell Avenue
Argentina Drive to Lake Drive
August 22, 2022November 1, 2022Completed
Sherman Street
City Limit to Wealthy Street
November 1, 2022May 20, 2023Completed
Pioneer Club
Reeds Lake Blvd to Manhattan Road
September 12, 2022November 1, 2022Completed
Wealthy Street
Lovett to Plymouth
April 1, 2023July 1st, 2023Completed
Laurel Avenue
Lake Drive to Wealthy
November 1, 2022April 20, 2023Completed
Plymouth Road
Alexander Road to Hall Street
March 1, 2023August 1, 2023Completed

Updates:


STREET & SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION UPDATES

In 2015, EGR residents passed a ballot proposal to allow the City to collect 2.0 mills for street and sidewalk improvements. Since then, the Public Works team  has worked hard to upgrade the 47 miles of street and 80 miles of sidewalk within the city. 

PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE 
Streets that are not marked for construction this summer may still receive preventative maintenance if necessary. Public Works crews or contractors may apply mastic and/or crack seal throughout the spring and summer seasons. The annually updated PASER street rating map is located at the bottom of this page with ratings each year to benchmark progress with respect to the streets and sidewalks millage.

Public Works crews will be applying mastic treatments to some streets that will be receiving pavement preservation cape seal treatments in August as well as some lower rated streets in June.  No parking signs may be posted and there will be limited traffic disruption, but the mastic application takes up to a few hours per street for application and curing time.  Please view the map link below for streets receiving mastic application.

Because preventative maintenance work is generally a fill-in schedule item subject to weather and the availability of contractors, advanced mailing notices with specific dates, times, etc. are not feasible.  The city or contractors will use appropriate traffic control while completing maintenance operations.  If there will be a direct and prolonged impact door hanger notices will be provided or crews will knock on doors to attempt contact.

GENERAL NOTICES
Notices are mailed to affected residents in advance of any work. Notices will also be posted on this page as they are mailed out.



Englewood Dr./Gorham Dr. and Martin Luther King Jr. St./Gladstone Ave. and Rosewood Ave-Design Modifications

In advance of 2023 mill/overlay street projects, alternative designs were developed by the DPW Engineering team to improve misaligned intersection geometry, assigned right-of-way, and improved pedestrian crossings.   The demonstration pilots were temporary installations of rubber curb and temporary signs that provided residents the opportunity to experience potential changes and to provide input/feedback to the city. Installations were in place during the months of January, February, and March.  Based on resident feedback, designs were modified and provided as options for the City Commission to consider at the March 28, 2023, City Commission Meeting.  The City Commission approved the modified designs. Meeting materials are available for review on the agenda page of the city website.

Below are notices that were mailed to adjacent residents in the noted areas.  Notices and information have been and will continue to be present at construction project sites and included in water/sewer bills inserts and e-newsletters.

Initial Notices:

Englewood Dr-Gorham Dr-Safe Street Demonstration Pilot Information

Martin Luther King Jr. St.-Gladstone Ave and Rosewood Ave-Safe Street Demonstration Pilot

Final Notices:

Englewood Dr-Gorham Dr-Modified-Approved Design

Martin Luther King Jr. St-Gladstone Ave and Rosewood Ave-Modified and Approved Designs 

MILL & OVERLAY STREETS

Mill and overlay is a street maintenance process that requires the removal of the top layer of a street by a milling machine. After the top layer is removed, any road base repairs can be completed. Before the new pavement is placed, the surface of the newly milled pavement is covered with a liquid asphalt tack coat to bond the old and new pavements before a new layer of bituminous pavement is put in place. Mill and overlay projects at various depths are designated for streets that meet PASER 2-4 ratings. Spot curb replacement, drainage issues and some ADA ramps are also typically addressed during mill/overlay projects.

2023 Projects Map

Notice To All Impacted Residents

Updates: Please see tentative phasing schedule below.  The schedule is subject to change depending on weather or supply chain, or other unforeseen issues.  Exact dates and times cannot be provided due to complexity of construction projects.
PROJECT AREA
START DATEAPPROXIMATE
COMPLETION DATE
STATUS
PHASE 1



Englewood Drive
Tenway Drive to Whitfield Road
Tentative
Week of April 24
Week of May 22Completed
Gorham Drive
Englewood Drive to City Limits
Tentative
Week of April 24
Week of May 22Completed

     Heather Street
     Laurel Avenue to Eastlawn Road
Tentative
Week of April 24
Week of May 22Completed
    Heather Court 
    Heather Street to Cul-de-Sac
Tentative 
Week of April 24
Week of May 22Completed
    Stratford Court
    Heather Street to end of Cul-de-Sac
Tentative
Week of April 24
Week of May 22Completed
    Pinecrest Avenue
    Elmwood Drive to Hall Street
Tentative
Week of April 24
Week of May 22
Completed
PHASE 2



    Martin Luther King Jr. Street
    West City limit to Plymouth Road
Tentative
Week of May 15
Week of June 24Completed
   Ross Court
   Lake Drive to End
Tentative
Week of May 15
Week of July 17 Completed
  Lakeside Drive
  Hall street to Burchard Street
Tentative
Week of May 15
Week of July 10Completed
  Keneberry Way
  Kenesaw Drive to Kenesaw Drive
Tentative
Week of May 15
Week of July 10Completed
PHASE 3



  Sherman Street
  Wealthy Street to Plymouth Road
Tentative July
End of June-Mid JulyCompleted
  Hodenpyl Drive
  Reeds Lake Boulevard to Rexford Drive

Tentative 
Week of July
Week of July 17Completed
 Gracewood Dr/Lakewood Dr/Pioneer Club Rd
 Reeds Lake Boulevard to Cascade Road
Tentative July
End of June-Mid JulyCompleted
PHASE 4 Additional Streets 


Hall Street 
East City Limit to Idema Drive
Friday, August 25Friday, August 25Completed
Santa Barbara Drive
Argentina Drive to End

Tentative
Week of September 11
Week of September 11Completed
Eastgate Street
Gorham Drive to End
Tentative
Week of September 11

Week of September 11
Completed
Reeds Lake Blvd South Arm
Reeds Lake Blvd to End
Tentative
Week of September 11
Week of September 11



Completed

Border Community Street Projects: Projects that are adjacent to East Grand Rapids or In Partnership with East Grand Rapids

Community/Agency                       Project Limits                                                 Start Date                           Approximate Completion Date                     
City of Grand Rapids                    Robinson Rd-Lake Dr. to Plymouth               TBD                                 TBD-for info. call 311
Grand Rapids Township/KCRC    Reeds Lake Blvd-Hall St. to Manhattan Rd.  June 5                             Completed-Shoulder      Boardwalk TBD.  Call KCRC for additional info: 616-242-6972

CAPE SEAL STREETS

In the cape seal process, an engineered polymer-modified RCRI is applied on the existing pavement and then covered with micro-surfacing. This is a cost-effective process that provides the strength and durability of RCRI and the smoothness and texture of micro-surfacing and/or slurry seal. A cape seal is applied when the pavement deterioration is greater than what a slurry seal or micro-surfacing is designed to correct, yet the pavement has not deteriorated to the point of requiring an expensive asphalt overlay. A cape seal prevents water penetration, reducing subsequent damage to the roadbed, along with providing a new wearing surface. Cape seals are applied to streets rated PASER 4-6 depending on additional pavement surface maintenance. Cape seals can be used on residential streets as well as rural and urban highways. Used with crack sealing and necessary surface repairs, a cape seal significantly extends the life of a pavement. In advance of this treatment, the City prepares the existing road surface by milling and paving out rough surface areas and performing crack sealing. This advance preparation work usually takes 1-2 days and is completed with appropriate traffic control. Please expect traffic delays on these streets, and please be courteous and respectful of crews on-site controlling traffic.

**Residents are encouraged to park on adjacent streets via on-street parking to avoid access issues or inconvenience during preservation treatment curing times**

Resources: 

       Project Area                                                       Tentative Start Date            Tentative Completion Date         Status

Amberley Court
Tentative- September 9,10Tentative-September 15Completed
Cambridge Drive
Seminole Road to End
Tentative- September 9,10Tentative-September 15Completed
Rosewood Avenue
Wealthy Street to Lake Drive and MLK to Alexander Road
Tentative- September 9,10
Tentative-September 15

Completed
     Gladstone Avenue
     Wealthy Street to Lake Drive and MLK to         Mackinaw Road
Tentative- September 9,10Tentative-September 15Completed
     Pontiac Road
     Gladstone Drive to City Limits
Tentative- September 9,10

Tentative-September 15Completed
Mackinaw Road
Gladstone Avenue to City Limits
Tentative- September 9,10Tentative-September 15Completed
Pinecrest Avenue
Hall Street to Burchard Street
Tentative- September 9,10Tentative-September 15Completed
Shopping Center Drive
Lakeside Drive to End
Tentative- September 9,10Tentative-September 15Completed
      Reeds Lake Boulevard
      Reeds Lake Boulevard to Manhattan Road
Tentative- September 9,10Tentative-September 15Completed
      El Centro Boulevard
      Reeds Lake Boulevard to Cascade Road


Rescheduled for next year for utility work coordination
      Lake Drive
      Hall Street to City Limits
Tentative- September 9,10Tentative-September 15Completed
      Hall Street
      Idema Drive to City Limits


Reclassified to Mill/Overlay-Completed
      Lennox Street
      Wilshire Drive to City Limits
Tentative- September 9,10Tentative-September 15Completed
      Cornell Avenue
      Wilshire Drive to City Limits
Tentative- September 9,10Tentative-September 15Completed
     Woodcliff Drive
     Lake Drive to Maplewood Drive
Tentative- September 9,10Tentative-September 15Completed


MICRO-SURFACE STREETS

Micro-surfacing, a cost-effective pavement maintenance process used by departments of transportation and municipalities across the country, is a design mixture of polymer-modified asphalt emulsion, crushed aggregate, mineral fillers, water and additives. The mixture is properly proportioned, mixed and uniformly spread over a suitably prepared surface. Micro-surfacing is a pavement preservation treatment for street surfaces rated at PASER 5 or 6. Micro-surfacing provides a quality wearing surface, extends pavement life, sets within a day, seals out moisture and does not require utility casting adjustments. In advance of this treatment, the City prepares the existing road surface by milling and paving out rough surface areas and performing crack sealing.

Updates

  • Micro-surface treatments are not scheduled for the 2023 construction season.

Resources


PROJECT AREA
START DATEAPPROXIMATE
COMPLETION DATE
STATUS





RECLAMITE SEALANT STREETS

Reclamite is an asphalt sealant, which is a cationic, water-based emulsion designed to improve and extend the life of higher rated asphalt pavements at a very low cost. The emulsion contains unique oils to restore and improve the chemistry of oxidized asphalt surfaces.  Spray-on asphalt rejuvenators are designed to penetrate the asphalt surface and strengthen the asphalt material at the surface to resist the effects of exposure to sun, water, and air.  The treatment extends the life of the asphalt road surface an additional 5-7 years.

Updates: Project was recently bid by the KCRC and awarded to Pavement Technologies, Inc. in August 2023.


Resources: Notices have not been mailed yet.

PROJECT AREA
START DATEAPPROXIMATE
COMPLETION DATE
STATUS

Hall Street-Lake Drive Wilshire-East and West Lanes and Wilshire to West City Limit West Travel Lane (EGR-GR Border Street)

SeptemberSeptember


SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION 

As part of the 2015 Streets and Sidewalks Millage, the City has been investing more funds into the annual sidewalk rehab and replacement program. Each year, targeted areas are investigated on a rotation basis. The targeted area is subject to budget constraints.

Updates 

  • The sidewalk rehabilitation and replacement program target area for the 2023/2024 construction season is in the eastern area of the city.  Construction is slated to start in March. For information on targeted areas from past and future years please view documents noted below.
  • Sidewalk construction to add sidewalk on the southside of Robinson Rd from Briarwood Ave to Plymouth Road was completed in late June 2022. Additional work for enhancing pedestrian safety included the removal of the drive approach into the intersection at Plymouth Rd and Robinson and relocating the crosswalk from the east leg to the west leg.  An RRFB was also approved and installed at the crossing by the Department of Public Works.
  • Contract 23/24 and 24/25 currently out to bid. 
Resources


SANITARY SEWER UTILITY SYSTEM














SANITARY SEWER REHABILITATION

Updates

Resources


PROJECT AREA
START DATEAPPROXIMATE
COMPLETION DATE
STATUS
See Project Area Map-Above
MarchMayCompleted





















STORM SEWER REHABILITATION

Updates: Storm Sewer Culvert Slip-Lining Maintenance is scheduled for the week of June 19 on Lakeside Drive between Robinson Road and Durant Street.  Lakeside Drive will remain closed until the work is completed.  The detour is Reeds Lake Blvd.  Work is anticipated to be completed within 6-8 days. Project Completed.

Notice: 
An update notice has been provided to area residents via door hanger.  

Culvert Slip Lining Update and Notice

Resources:

  • Contractor: Corby Energy Services; Project Manager Josh Freeman, 734.604.5109


WATER UTILITY SYSTEM

WATER MAIN REHABILITATION (CURED-IN-PLACE PIPE)

Cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) is a trenchless process to rehabilitate water mains. This process is less invasive and less disruptive than open-cut utility replacement. Before the existing water main is removed from service, a temporary above-ground water service system is put into place. Once the temporary system is in place and has passed required testing, the contractor will contact residents to remove water meters from homes before connecting to this system. The existing water main is then taken out of service. Access pits, which EGR DPW crews will have pre-excavated, are used to access segments of the water main. At these sites, the contractor cleans the water main with a metal chain reamer and inspects the pipe with closed-circuit television to map water service locations. After this is completed, plugs are inserted at water service locations by specialized robotic equipment. Then the new liner is inserted, epoxy resin is injected and hot water is circulated to cure the new liner into the new structural pipe within the old (host) pipe. When this is completed, hydrostatic pressure testing is conducted, water services are reinstated and the new pipe is disinfected, flushed and tested. Water services are then brought back into service, water the contractor contacts residents to reinstall water meters and the temporary system is removed. Restorations are then completed in the project areas. Water service lines that the City owns (between the main and the stop box/shut off in the public right-of-way) that need replacement will take place this summer, fall and into the winter.


Resources
PROJECT AREA

START DATE

APPROXIMATE COMPLETION DATE

STATUS

Gracewood-Lakewood-Pioneer ClubMay Mid-JulyCompleted
Reeds Lake Ct.MayMid-JulyCompleted

Water Utility System Distribution System Survey

 The City of East Grand Rapids, in conjunction with Advanced Hydro Vac, is hydro-excavating water service lines to complete a comprehensive inventory of water service line materials and water shut-off valves. Target areas are street construction project areas as well as the far west quadrant of the City. Residents will be mailed a notice describing this inventory work. All work will be completed in the public right-of-way. The excavations will be backfilled by the City with restorations including topsoil and seed being completed within several weeks of the survey work. 

Hydro Excavation Water Service notice


Water Service Line Replacements

Project Area                                                       Tentative Start Date            Tentative Completion Date         Status 

Mill and Overlay Street Project Areas-See above         March 



           June                                              Completed.


Resources:

MANHOLE REHABILITATION PROGRAM

Updates & Resources
  • Manhole rehabilitation will be completed on all mill and overlay street projects in advance of road construction during the months of May through August 2023. 
  • No impact to utility service.
  • Contractor: Havener Tech, Inc 


CATCH BASIN REHABILITATION PROGRAM

Updates & Resources
  • Catch basin rehabilitation will be completed on all mill and overlay street projects in advance of road construction during the months of May and August 2023.
  • Contractor: Havener Tech, Inc 


Construction

STREET & SIDEWALK MILLAGE

In 2015, East Grand Rapids voters approved a 10-year, 2.0-mill Streets and Sidewalks Millage request. The City updates its progress towards our 70% goal each fall after the construction season to benchmark our progress. Since the passing, the City has worked aggressively to upgrade the 47 miles of street and 80 miles of sidewalk within the City. Construction projects are subject to change depending on bid results and allocated funds. The City has 47.26 miles of streets. Below is a graph of our current progress reflecting the road work completed.


 The Cost of Timely Maintenance 
Proper street maintenance and surface preservation treatments at the right time (per PASER asset condition rating) is important to maintain the street surface condition, maximizing the impact of investment, while extending the life of the street asset.

The Michigan Transportation Asset Management Council (TAMC) provides best practices for road preservation based on a road's specific PASER rating. The City uses these best practices when deciding how to best preserve the lifespan of our roads. Take a look at the recommended surface treatments in accordance to PASER ratings.



The blue line shows road condition projection if no additional funding was received. The green line projects road conditions through the 10-year period of the Street & Sidewalk Millage using the additional 2.0 mills approved by EGR voters. The red line shows current ratings with approved millage.

View specific road PASER details and progress by reviewing the following maps:

PASER Ratings Information Guide

Additional Resources

Questions regarding the 2015 Streets & Sidewalk Millage can be directed by phone to 616.949.2110, by email Deputy City Manager Doug LaFave or by mail at 750 Lakeside Dr. SE, EGR, MI 49506.