The City of Wayland is included in the latest state plans to “Fix the Damn Roads” in villages and cities with populations with populations of less than 10,000.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who coined the phrase “Fix the Damn Roads” in her 2018 campaign, announced today that Wayland and 46 other municipalities will be recipients of grants totaling $8 million for repairs to roads. The City of Wayland will receive $250,000, the highest of the award amounts, to fix Church Street, Park Street, West Elm Street and Mill Street within the city limits.

The road funding grants are being awarded through the Community Service Infrastructure Fund (CSIF) Category B program. Established by the State Legislature in 2018, the CSIF is administered by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and serves as a stop-gap program to help fund road projects in small communities. Successful projects were selected, in part, because they are paired with planned infrastructure work, coordinated with other road agencies, focused on extending the useful life of the road, and had limited funding sources for road improvements. 

“These grants will help communities across Michigan fix local roads faster to save drivers time and money,” said Whitmer. “Since I took office, Michigan has fixed 20,000 lane miles of road and 1,400 bridges while supporting over 100,000 jobs, and today’s funding will add to that total.

“Let’s keep working together to fix the damn roads so people can go to work, drop their kids off at school, and run errands without blowing a tire or cracking an axle. Let’s get this done to make a real difference in people’s lives.” 

Grant awards range from $46,000 to $250,000 for road resurfacing, culvert replacement, pavement crack sealing, preventative maintenance and ancillary stormwater management measures. More details about the 2024 approved project grants and information about the CSIF Category B program are available online. 

6 Comments

David the Traditionalist
October 20, 2023
Boy oh boy....I hope Whitmer did not have to cut the diversity and inclusion programs to fix the roads already. One must set their priorities straight. I also never liked the damn roads comments, rather trashy, in my opinion and estimation. Well, I guess I am just a traditional American. My opinions, my choice.
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Bass Man
October 21, 2023
I agree, but she is 5 years too late with all the huge federal money granted to the state. She sat on it until re-election time. She and her inexperienced administration are a joke. Now, she's fixing the roads.
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Couchman
October 21, 2023
Perhaps David the Traditionalist will have the strength in his convictions to file a law suit to require contractors repairing the roads he drives to use Anti-vaccine Bible believing WASP workers since he's ideologically opposed to road repairs and all other programs initiated by the Whitmer administration.
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David the ............????
October 22, 2023
Well, if anti-vax, Bible believing and WASP were meant to be condemnations, perhaps you have not done your task well. I am a Traditionalist, not one of the selfhating types. My opinion, my choice.
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FRWF
October 22, 2023
Yep a sure tell tale sign that the chlorpromazine not working when you can't identify your own name ????
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Jim Martin
October 24, 2023
As a member of the Dorr Citizens' Road Committee a couple of thoughts: 1) $250,000 will fix two miles of road (repaving 2" of asphalt -- our minimum standard). As a reference Dorr township has 31 miles of such roads, likely Wayland has about 20-30 miles, so I'm sure it will be gratefully appreciated. 2) Only counties/cities will be getting any of this money. Again thanks. But townships, like Wayland, Leighton, Dorr, etc. get basically nothing out of this. (About $750,000-900,000 is the budget Dorr needs to Fix the Roads). Nothing at all for gravel roads. 3) Of the money going to Allegan Co. they are doing a revenue sharing ($10,000 to $50,000) to townships that have a road program. Which means only a few. Dorr got its bill for gravel today -- $58,165 (about 3 miles worth) -- which will help shore up about 48 miles of gravel roads.
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