MACOMB COUNTY – Macomb County officials announced that more than $83 million will be invested into road improvement projects next year.
The Macomb County Department of Roads (MCDR) plans to continue its work on roads, bridges and other traffic updates in 2025, after investing more than $100 million into projects last year.
In 2024, the county’s road agency worked on the following, according to a release:
- 72 primary and local roads
- 41 asphalt resurfacing and concrete pavement repair projects
- 9 bridge and culvert projects
- 7 subdivision reconstruction projects
- More than 1,400 miles of pavement markings applied to county roads
- 104,815 tons of limestone applied to gravel roads
- More than 665 signal timing changes to improve traffic efficiency
- The installation of more than 64 miles of fiber optic communications network to bolster MCDR’s advanced traffic network
This year, the agency has several projects planned, including a $16.5 million project on Romeo Plank Road.
Crews will reconstruct Romeo Plank Road between 21½ Mile Road to 23 Mile Road to improve traffic flow. This is the largest project planned, but the county also has big projects planned for 10 Mile and Garfield roads, and 10 bridges and culverts.
Visit Macomb County’s website for a full list of the projects scheduled for 2025.
The agency uses funding from “the Michigan Transportation Fund (MTF) through Public Act 51, the Highway Trust Fund and the Federal Highway Administration, MCDR’s fund balance, cost share agreements with local government agencies, and the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) for some state trunkline maintenance,” according to the release.
Officials say that while the county has made great progress, the current funding isn’t enough to address the $2.5 billion necessary for every road improvement project needed in Macomb County, so the agency strategically picks which areas to focus on.
“From maintaining critical infrastructure and building the roads of tomorrow to monitoring real-time traffic and signal operations, the work of the Department of Roads is essential to ensuring safe travel for the public and supporting the growth and transportation infrastructure needs of our region,” said Macomb County Executive Mark A. Hackel. “Through data-driven management, we know how many infrastructure assets we have in Macomb County, the condition they are in and how much funding we need to fix them. We will continue to make strategic investments while we advocate and apply for additional state and federal resources to address the funding needed to fix all of our roads and bridges.”
