Dexter Township will spend more than $100,000 on road projects this year

Residents can expect to see improvements on:

• Donner Road from Island Lake Road to Colby Road, where the surface will be reshaped and about 1,875 tons of gravel will be added at an estimated cost of $19,500.
• Colby Road from Riker Road east to Donner Road, where the surface will be fixed and about 1,495 tons of gravel will be added at an estimated cost of $15,500.
• Fleming Road from Dexter-Pinckney Road west to McGuiness Road will also get a facelift and about 1,330 tons of limestone will be added at an estimated cost of $18,500.
• Wylie Road from Dexter-Pinckney Road to Dexter Gables Lane will be resurfaced with about 1,164 tons of limestone at an estimated cost of $16,000.
• Wylie Road from Island Lake Road south to Lima Township will be reshaped and about 1,064 tons of limestone will be added at an estimated cost of $15,000.
• Fleming Road from Dexter-Pinckney Road to Dexter Townhall Road will have berm removal and restoration work at an estimated cost of $8,700.
• Madden Road from Colby Road to Quigley Road and Colby Road from Donner Road to Riker Road will also have berm removal and restoration work at an estimated cost of $5,800.

The total cost for the planned projects is about $127,000 but with matching funds, the township will pay about $103,500.

All 25.45 miles of certified gravel roads will get three solid applications of dust control at a price of about $27,950.

These road projects were approved and budgeted for by the board prior to the tornado that ripped through the township on March 15.