GRAND RAPIDS, MI — City officials have planned dozens of road work, sidewalk and bike lane projects totaling $26 million over the next year.
About 22 miles of roadway is slated for resurfacing and water main and sewer work, bringing the total miles of streets improved over the past seven years to about 536.
Of the $26 million, about $1.8 million is dedicated to sidewalk repair and construction projects across the city’s three wards.
The city will also improve about four miles of bike lanes this year. Last year, the city added nearly seven miles of bike trails in Neighborhoods of Focus and added more than 280 street trees.
The projects are funded by the city’s Vital Streets millage and state dollars. Voters approved the millage in 2014 that extended a local income tax levy for 15 years.
In the First Ward, sidewalk repairs are taking place in the general area bounded by Walker Avenue NW, Leonard Street NW, Alpine Avenue NW and Richmond Street NW through the end of June.
In the Second Ward, sidewalk repairs will be done within the general area bounded by Fuller Avenue NE, Michigan Street NE, Leonard Street NE and I-96. That work is scheduled for September through November.
In the Third Ward, sidewalk repairs will be done within the general area bounded by Eastern Avenue SE, Hall Street SE, Giddings Avenue SE and Franklin Street SE. That work is scheduled for July through August.
Property owners and tenants that will have repairs in sections of sidewalks that cross their driveway will receive a 48-hour notice of the upcoming work and expected duration. In general, officials say, the duration of any sidewalk repair in front of homes averages one week.
The city has outlined the roads projects it has planned from July to June 2022 in alphabetical order. Some of the projects may carry over into the 2022 construction season.
Start dates are not included, and some locations may be added to below the lists:
Rotomill/resurfacing:
- 29th Street – Breton to East City Limits (2022)
- Benjamin Avenue NE – Bradford to Cedar
- Benjamin Avenue SE – Hope to Fulton
- Bradford Street NE – Plymouth to Perkins and Perkins Avenue – Bradford to Mason
- Butterworth Street – O’Brien to Marion (2022)
- Capen Street NE – Eastern to Houseman
- Cass Avenue SE – Delaware to Franklin
- Collindale Avenue – Lake Michigan to Leonard (2022)
- Crescent Avenue NE – Lafayette to Grand
- Dale Street – Monroe to Center and Coit to Plainfield
- Division Avenue – Quigley to Cottage Grove (2022)
- Eastern Avenue – 400′ South of 44th to 28th (2022)
- Elliott Street SE – Thelma to Nelson
- Grand Avenue – Flat to Lydia
- Hall Street SE – Plymouth to east city limits
- High Street SW – Grandville to Century
- Holland Avenue NE – Fulton to Fountain
- Innes Street NE – Diamond to Fuller
- Lyon Street – Monroe Avenue to Division Avenue
- Mason Street – Plymouth to Perkins
- Mayfield Avenue – Leonard to Sweet
- Merritt Street SE – Eastern to Blaine
- North Avenue NE – Shirley to Walnut and Shirley Street NE – North to College
- Ottawa Avenue – Fulton to Michigan
- Walnut Street NE – North to Union
- Acacia NW – Richmond to Acacia
- Adams SE – Fuller to Calvin
- Alewa NW – Lake Michigan Dr to Olivia
- Andre SW – Division to Buchanan
- Ball Park Bvd NW – Bridge to Sibley
- Baynton NE – Lyon to Michigan
- Benjamin NE – Evangeline to Fountain
- Benjamin SE – Franklin to Alexander
- Benjamin SE – Hall to Adams
- Broadway NW – Hamilton to Elizabeth
- Charles SE – Wealthy to Logan
- Cheshire NE – Prospect to Oakwood
- Cutler SW – Clyde Park to Mckee
- Derbyshire SE – Kalamazoo to East Dead End
- Eastern NE – Fountain to Innes
- Edwin NW – Turner to Will
- Elizabeth NW – Richmond to Broadway
- Emerald NE – Capen to Malta
- Emerald NE – Knapp to Country Club
- Evernia SE – Rosemary to Ken-O-Sha
- Feakin SW – Dickinson to Fox
- Fern NE – Florence to Hanover
- First NW – Valley to Valley
- Fisk SE – Kalamazoo to Neland
- Fountain NE – Fuller to Auburn
- Gateway NW – Covell to Luray
- Giddings SE – Hall to Adams
- Gilpin NE – Riverside to West Dead End
- Godwin SE – Burton to Griswold
- Golfridge SE – Grove Bluff to Alger
- Graham SW – Oakland to Century
- Grove Bluff SE – Heathcliff to Golfridge
- Haines NW – Covell to Dick
- Hake NE – Grand to Diamond
- Hamilton NW – Leonard to Crosby
- Hamilton NW – Richmond to Broadway
- Hamstead NW – Shawmut to Covell
- Hanover NE – Forrest to Fern
- Hayden SW – Norwich to Dorchester
- Herrick NE – Spencer to SWeet
- Houseman NE – Lyon to Fountain
- Houseman NE – SWeet to Spencer
- Humbolt SE – Eastern to Kalamazoo
- Jerome SW – Burton to Griggs
- Kenning NW – Covell to Shawmut
- Kerwin NW – Derby to Holborn
- Kirtland SW – Clyde Park to Mckee
- Lawrence NE – Coit to SWensberg
- Lenora NW – 4th to 6th
- Luray NW – Cayuga to Sibley
- Lydia NE – Union to Eastern
- Malta NE – Eastern to Diamond
- Margaret SE – Adams to Griggs
- Marshall SE – Hall to Humbolt
- Melbourne NE – Monroe to Riverside
- Monticello NW – Skyline to Shanandoah
- More NE – North to Sinclair
- Moreland Ct NW – Moreland to South Dead End
- Moreland NW – Richmond to Cherry Run
- North NE – Bradford to More
- Norwood SE – Lake Dr to Sherman
- Ontonagon SE – Burton to South Cul-De-Sac
- Prospect NE – Knapp to Cheshire
- Prospect NE – Michigan to Lyon
- Ridgemoor SE – Burton to North Cul-De-Sac
- Riverside NE – Sligh to Gilpin
- Shanandoah NW – Skyline to Monticello
- Spring NE – Leonard to Page
- Sylvan SE – Ardmore to Boston
- Union NE – Lydia to Cedar
- Valley NW – Valley to South Dead End
- Vassar SE – Edgewood to Woodcliff
- Widdicomb NW – Dorothy to Thornapple
- College Avenue – Leonard Street to Sweet Street (water main, reconstruction)
- Curwood Avenue – Blossom to Oak Park, Oak Park Drive – Curwood to Langley and Langley Street – Oak Park to Plymouth (water main, reconstruction)
- Chestnut Street SW – 570 feet west of Godfrey to Godfrey (sewer separation, reconstruction)
- Eastern Avenue SE – Burton to Ardmore (water main, reconstruction)
- Franklin Street SW – Division to east city limits (water main, resurfacing)
- Fuller Avenue – Adams to Alexander (water main, reconstruction)
- Fulton Street East – Benjamin to Wallinwood (water main, resurfacing)
- Garfield Avenue – Fulton to Bridge, Veto Street – Valley to Garfield and California Street – Valley to Garfield (water main, reconstruction) (2022)
- Godfrey Avenue SW – South city limits to Oxford (sewer separation, reconstruction)
- Hall Street SE – Kalamazoo to east of Sylvan (water main, reconstruction)
- Houseman Avenue – Leonard to Spencer (water main, reconstruction) (2022)
- Lake Eastbrook Boulevard SE – East Beltline to 28th Street (water main, reconstruction)
- Market Avenue – Wealthy to Fulton and Fulton Street – Grand River to Market (sanitary sewer, reconstruction)
- Norwich Avenue SW – Curve to Hayden (sewer separation, water main, reconstruction, resurfacing)
- Oxford Street SW – Norwich to Godfrey (sewer separation, reconstruction)
- Prince Street SE – Madison to Eastern (sewer separation, water main, reconstruction)
- Prospect Avenue – Burton to Griggs and Garden to Highland (water main, reconstruction) (2022)
- Richards Avenue – Fulton to Sibley (water main, reconstruction) (2022)
- Straight Avenue – Wealthy to Emperor and Weatlhy Street – Straight to 300′ West of Front (water main, reconstruction) (2022)
- Valley Avenue NW – Fourth to Walker (water main, reconstruction)
- Division Avenue
- Alpine Avenue
- College Avenue
- Leffingwell Avenue
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