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Commission Receives Road Projects Update
BESSEMER - June 24, 2011

Darren Pionk, engineer for the county road commission gave a brief report to the County Commission Wednesday. Pionk told the commissioners that the road work is near completion or completed on the east side of the county.
 
The big work on the west side of the county, between Ironwood Township and Wakefield will begin July 11, with the pulverizing of roads. We're completing all culvert work now so that we won't be waiting on that” said Pionk. "We're planning on having all the construction completed by end of July" he told the commission.

Pionk also told the commissioners that the county has to preserve its investment in the roads, and as part of the maintenance of that investment, the road commission will be chip sealing roads this summer. “We're at the point where we have to save the investment we have.” Black River Road will be chipped sealed through RAC money appropriated for that project. (see below)

Other projects in Bessemer and Ironwood Township will also be worked on this summer.

The Commission also received a letter from Randel D. Charles, the staff officer for the Ottawa Forrest.

In his letter to the Commissioners Charles described projects funded by the RAC for county projects for the 2010 and 2011 fiscal years.

GOG-11-020 Sylvania Lake and Marion Lake campgrounds Raod Maintenance, Ottawa National Forest $15,000

GOG-L1-02s Portable Boat Washer, Arnold Domanus $10,000

GOG-11-025 Signed and Mapped OHV Routes and Loops in the Marenisco Area, Marenisco Township, Lake Gogebic Area Chamber of Commerce $4,000

GOG-11-027 Rehabilitation and Preventative Maintenance of Black River Road, Gogebic County Road Commission $130,000

GOG-11-028 Eurasian water Milfoil control in Duck Lake and the Ontonagon Watershed, Duck Lake Nuisance Aquatics Committee $56,000

GOG-11-029 Assessment and Management of Eurasian Water Milfoil on crooked Lake and Duck Lake, lnvasives Species control coalition of Watersmeet (ISCCW) $57,000

GOG-11-030 Agonikak National Recreation Trail improvement Project (Phases 1, 2, and 3), Wilderness Lakes Trail, lnc. $40,000

GOG-11-034 lnvasive Plants in Sylvania (Part ll), Friends of Sylvania $8,000

GOG-11-036 Gogebic County Garlic Mustard Work, Gogebic Conservation District $2,000

The amount approved is based on remaining Title II funds due to Gogebic County for fiscal year 2010 and projected amounts due for 2011.

Also approved was the RAC's recommendation to allocate any additional funds received above projected payments and/or generated from project cost savings to rehabilitation and. Preventative Maintenance of Black River Road, not to exceed $160,000.

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