By Spinal Column Staff | on May 04, 2022

At the April 12 Commerce Township Board of Trustees monthly meeting, Jason Mayer, PE, partner, Giffels Webster, outlined three projects that will begin late spring/early summer.

The first project involves improvements to Hickory Glen Park, which includes a paved entrance, grading and installation of screened asphalt millings for the parking lot and ADA access around the existing concession building. Romulusbased Best Asphalt Inc. has been awarded the construction contract. The project is expected to begin in early May and last approximately a month-and-a-half.

Construction of the Lystek Wastewater Treatment System is the second project, expected to begin in August. As previously reported in The Spinal Column, the Lystek Program will provide a resource-recovery alternative to landfill disposal by producing a Class A biofertilizer from dewatered sludge. Commerce was awarded a $2 million federal grant to help fund the $6 million project. The township is also applying for a low-interest State Revolving Fund (SRF) Loan. This project is expected to start this August and the system is planned to be operational by the end of 2023 at the latest, said Mayer.

The third project is Phase One of the Benstein Water Main, which was supposed to begin in 2020, but was put on hold while easements were obtained. One mile of a 20-inch (inside diameter) water main, along with hydrants and gate valves along Benstein Road, between Glengary and McCoy, will be installed. Completing this main will provide redundancy to the Glengary Road water main that is currently a four-mile dead end main. Commerce Township is currently split into two separate water districts serviced by three feeds from the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA.) This project will connect the districts so all of the water mains in the township is connected to the two-million-gallon water storage facility (next to Huron Valley Sinai Hospital.)

“This will connect third GLWA feed,” explained Mayer. “That makes this one of the most important projects in our water system.”

Phase One of the Benstein Road Water Main Extension is part of the Commerce Township 20-year Capital Improvement Plan. D.V.M. Utilities of Sterling Heights has been awarded the $2.9 million contract. Phase Two will involve Glengary to Sleeth Road, but no further details are yet available. While construction is planned to start this summer and be completed by the end of the year, Mayer said this project is most dependent on the availability of pipe, valves and fittings to determine the actual schedule.

In fact, with all of these projects, he said he has yet to receive a final schedule from the contractors involved, and the timing will be dependent on when materials are delivered to the sites.

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