Fox Hills – History of our Concrete Streets
Description of Document
This document describes the full history of our how streets of Fox Hills were constructed, and a detailed description of various repairs by the Township. Also described are proposals to rebuild or repair the streets via a Special Assessment.
Brief Summary
1963 to 1969
Description of Document
This document describes the full history of our how streets of Fox Hills were constructed, and a detailed description of various repairs by the Township. Also described are proposals to rebuild or repair the streets via a Special Assessment.
Brief Summary
1963 to 1969
- Initial Construction takes place using concrete per the construction code at the time
- Bloomfield Township makes a deal with Oakland County for Bloomfield Township to perform street maintenance
- Township’s contractor performs maintenance of streets, using high pressure air to dislodge debris, vacuum it up and fill in the separations with hot liquid tar.
- This is a well-known, high-quality process for concrete street repair.
- Township applies hot asphalt coating over deteriorated concrete slabs.
- The asphalt is placed directly on top of the concrete
- While initially it looks smooth, over time, the asphalt does not hold up well
- Fox Hills Board member convinces Bloomfield Township to apply some of the township moneys to replace the most deteriorated street slabs without cost to Fox Hills.
- The Township agrees and replaces some of the slabs that were previously covered with asphalt, as the deteriorated asphalt resulted in an uneven surface, detrimental to street snow plows.
- The Township does this maintenance annually until around 2010
- Fox Hills Board member investigates two options for repairing and replacing the streets that at this point are badly deteriorating, as they’re now around 50 years old. One option is to replace the streets completely for a cost of $10 million dollars. Another option is partial replacement of the worst sections for a cost of approximately $716k. The cheaper replacement option for a SAD (special assessment) is voted on and fails to pass.
For full details of history and proposed plans, please read the document below:
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