Highway

Responsibility
The Highway Department is responsible for 460 miles of roadways under its jurisdiction of which 160 miles are bituminous surfaced and 300 miles gravel surfaced and 22 bridges. The Department employs 16 persons for administration, maintenance, and construction.
Highway Building Sketch

Services


The Department's budget includes $2.2 million from the state for construction and maintenance.

Duties


Duties of the department include:
  • Administering contracts
  • Annual County and Township bridge inspections
  • Apply for environmental, right of way, permits
  • Blading
  • Building maintenance / repair
  • Crack filling
  • Hauling gravel
  • Install / repair approaches
  • Maintain equipment
  • Mow roadsides
  • Noxious weed control
  • Order fuels, parts, culverts, etc.
  • Paint striping
  • Patch bituminous
  • Purchasing equipment
  • Review permits and forms
  • Shouldering
  • Signing
  • Survey and design projects
  • Testing gravels and other contract materials
  • Tile roads

Projects

Downtown Ashby Demonstration Project

  1. Downtown Ashby Layout.pdf
  2. Ashby Safe Routes to School Plan.pdf
  3. Ashby CSAH 82 Public Meeting Summary 9-15-16.pdf
  4. CSAH 82 OPTION 5.pdf
  5. CSAH 82 Option A Approved Dec 8 2016.pdf
  6. overall option to city final approval.pdf

Maps

  1. County - Avenues & Streets Map (PDF)

Information

  1. 2018 SPRING ROAD RESTRICTIONS Model (1).pdf
  2. Traffic Signing and Maintenance Procedure.pdf