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Bloomfield Township

Rich Davis, DPW Superintendent Duane Poole, Road Division Foreman. Bloomfield Township. Community Profile. Incorporated in 1827 Area: 25 square miles Population: 42,000 Number of Homes: 16,000 213 miles of roadway. TOWNSHIP WITH A ROAD DIVISION ?.

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Bloomfield Township

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  1. Rich Davis, DPW Superintendent Duane Poole, Road Division Foreman Bloomfield Township

  2. Community Profile • Incorporated in 1827 • Area: 25 square miles • Population: 42,000 • Number of Homes: 16,000 • 213 miles of roadway

  3. TOWNSHIP WITH A ROAD DIVISION ?

  4. Bloomfield Township is the only township in the State of Michigan to offer its residents the services of a sophisticated Road Division.

  5. In the late 1960’s, at the request of the Township, PA 51 was adjusted to allow us to enter into a contractual agreement with the Road Commission for Oakland County to take over the maintenance and repair of it’s own subdivision roads.

  6. Since then, the Road Division has grown to become a highly-respected and well-equipped operation. It provides services with a modern fleet of vehicles and equipment.

  7. Bloomfield Township Road Division maintains 176 miles of paved subdivision roads and 37 miles of unpaved gravel roads within the Township.

  8. RCOC’S RESPONSIBILITIES WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP By a contractual agreement with the Township, the Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) retains responsibility for 50 miles of primary roads and state trunk lines within Bloomfield Township. Some of the RCOC's maintenance responsibilities are storm sewers, ditches, forestry and signs in the right-of-way (R.O.W.) on all public roads.

  9. RCOC’S RESPONSIBILITIES These roads include, but are not limited to, Telegraph, Woodward, the Mile roads, Squirrel Road, Franklin, Inkster, Adams, part of Charring Cross, part of Cranbrook, Fairfax Ave. and Eastways.

  10. RCOC’S RESPONSIBILITIES RCOC's maintenance responsibilities are storm sewers, ditches, forestry and signs in the right-of-way (R.O.W.) on all public roads.

  11. Why The Changes? With the economic times and the reduction to the number of employees, we needed to address the potential challenges with the winter maintenance of the Township campus and the Township roads in general. It was essential that we looked at these areas and found more efficient techniques and procedures to provide the necessary levels of service that would be acceptable to the Township taxpayers, visitors and employees.

  12. Salt Reduction on Roads The Department of Public Works will plow and scrape the Priority roads for all snowfalls. This reduces the amount of salt used. Salt will continue to be used on the entire lengths of the main county priority roads that the Township maintains, Hickory Grove, Cranbrook, Gilbert Lake, etc. County priority roads within subdivisions (Wabeek, Lane Lake, Bradway, etc.) will receive salt at hills, curves and intersections only.

  13. Salt Reduction(Continued) Treatment will be prioritized where stopping and turning motions take place. On all other subdivision streets and roads, salt will be applied at hills, curves and intersections only, as has been historically done.

  14. Salt Reduction To stretch the supply of salt it will be mixed with calcium chloride brine to reduce the total amount of material being applied during a snow or icing event. This method proved to be exceptional in 2004 by saving the Township 2000 tons of salt, which translates into an estimated savings of $90,000 dollars It should be noted that this is the same priority system that was utilized in 2008 & 2009 when salt supplies were difficult to obtain. It worked well with little or no citizen request for additional services.

  15. Reduction to Emergency Route Roads After evaluating our three emergency call routes we believe there are roads that could be eliminated that would have very little or no impact on the motoring public. Remove the following roads from emergency route 3 • Maywood • Brookdalenorth and south of Big Beaver • Strathmore • Bloomfield Crossings • WoodcreekWay • Manor • Woodbank

  16. Reduction to Emergency Route Roads(Continued) Redistribute the following roads from emergency routes 1 & 2 to route 3: • Lincoln • Hickory Grove • Macintosh • Bingham • Chestnut Run North & South

  17. IMPROVEMENTS MADE • UNDERBODY BLADES • - NO 8” CARBIDE INSERT BLADES IN PRODUCTION • - STEEL BLADES ONLY LAST APPROX. 8 HOURS • - MECHANICS DESIGNED A CARBIDE BLADE • - LASTING UP TO A COMPLETE SEASON

  18. FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS • RESEARCHING • - WING PLOWS • - INCREASING LIQUID USAGE

  19. ATTAINING INFORMATION • NETWORKING • WINTER MAINTENANCE TEAM • APWA SNOW CONFERENCE • SEMCOG

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