The Chelsea City Council has just one business item on its agenda for the Monday, Aug. 3 regular meeting, but it’s a long awaited one.
The City Council will vote on a contract for safety improvements around South Meadows Elementary School and Beach Middle School including sidewalk ramps. driveway and landscaping improvements, stump removal, grading and drainage work in 10 locations near the schools.
The City Council will vote on a resolution for a Michigan Department of Transportation contract to begin these much anticipated safety improvements around the schools via the Safe Routes to Schools grant of about $369,000, which was awarded several months ago.
The city’s estimated portion of the safety improvement project is about $56,800 and about 35 percent will be paid by the local street fund and about 65 percent by the major street fund.
The improvements are planned on:
- both sides of Wilkinson Street from west Old US-12 north to Chandler Street
- the south side of Chandler Street from Wilkinson Street east to Grant Street
- north side of Wellington Street from Wilkinson Street east to Dale and Lane streets
- south side of Old US-12 from Gene Drive east to Wilkinson Street
- west side of Grant Street from Chandler Street south to Grant Street/Lincoln Street/Lincoln Court intersection
- intersection of Howard Street and Elm/McKinley streets
- intersection of Madison and A.D. Mayer Drive
- intersection of Washington and Madison streets
- intersection of Freer Road and A.D. Mayer Drive
- intersection of Taylor and Pierce streets
