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| BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION CLOSES PLYMOUTH ROAD OVER I-275 (in Plymouth Township)Drivers should be aware that Plymouth Road will be closed to through traffic on both sides of the bridge over I-275 from Tuesday, April 17, 2012, through Tuesday, June 5, 2012. Detours include Ann Arbor Road and Haggerty.
| | PLYMOUTH ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTConstruction will take place between Farmington Road and Market Street beginning Monday, April 16, 2012. Project completion is anticipated to be the end of October. Please click here for more information.
| | EMPLOYEE FURLOUGH DAY/MEMORIAL DAY–CITY OFFICES CLOSED FRI 5/25 & MON 5/28-TRASH COLLECTION DELAYEDCity of Livonia Offices will be closed Friday, May 25 & Monday, May 28, 2012 for an unpaid employee furlough day and the Memorial Day Holiday. Trash collection services will be one day delayed Memorial Day week.
| | CITY TO ASK VOTERS TO REINVEST IN ROADS MILLAGE ON AUGUST 7On April 4, the Livonia City Council unanimously approved a resolution to ask voters to renew a Roads Millage for 10 years. The request goes before the electorate Aug. 7.
The millage request would maintain the same 0.89 mills rate that has been in place since 2002 and allow the City to continue investing in its local streets to maintain infrastructure.
The quality of City-controlled streets and roads has been improved since 2002. Livonia’s Pavement Surface Evaluation and Rating System (PASER) ratings have shown an increase in roads rated as “Good, Very Good or Excellent” from 44% in 2002 to 70% in 2012. The roads covered by this millage exclude those that are the responsibility of Wayne County, including the Mile Roads, Plymouth, Inkster, Middlebelt, Merriman, Farmington, Haggerty, the freeways, etc.
Mayor Jack Kirksey said that more needs to be accomplished and that funding from the State is insufficient. “If we don’t continue improving, our roads will quickly slide back to the level of 2002,” he said. “Costs of materials have increased, our infrastructure continues to age, and the fact that we live in the 42nd Parallel all present challenges to maintaining our quality roads.”
The millage also provides funding to replace some right-of-way trees and to replace sidewalk flags that have been damaged by roots of those City-owned trees.
With the same millage rate, it is estimated that the millage would cost the average homeowner about $57 per year, down $20 from the cost of $77 in 2007.
To learn more about the millage, please visit the following links:
Click here for a presentation to the Council on the Millage.
Click here to learn more about the street repair program, including a map of PASER ratings for each street, a map showing the 2012 road projects and completed roads, a full asset management report from 2010, and more.
| | LIVONIA MEETS STATE OF MICHIGAN STANDARDS FOR ECONOMIC VITALITY INCENTIVE PROGRAM (EVIP)Click here to read a letter from Mayor Jack Kirksey and three different reports to the community and the State directed to issues of Accountability and Transparency, Consolidation of Services and Employee Compensation.
| | FOLLOW THE CITY OF LIVONIA ON TWITTERFor those that want to follow the City of Livonia, we now offer Twitter Feed (@MiLivonia). Click here to view our Twitter Feed.
| | MUSIC FROM THE HEART Music from the Heart Concerts are free outdoor concerts sponsored by the Livonia Arts Commission and Livonia Parks & Recreation Department. Concerts are held on Thursdays during July and August from 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM at Civic Center Park. Click here for more information.
| | ELECTION PRECINCT WORKERS NEEDEDWe are looking for Precinct Workers to work the following Election Days: August 7, 2012 and November 6, 2012. Please click here for more information.
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