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this roads pot holes are so deep and is so bad we damaged our cars rocker panel costing $2100 in ins claims to fix before our lease returned
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this roads pot holes are so deep and is so bad we damaged our cars rocker panel costing $2100 in ins claims to fix before our lease returned
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DALE (Guest)
Road Commission (Guest)
Waterford Township does not have jurisdiction over this road, the Road Commission for Oakland County does. Unfortunately, due to the ever-worsening road-funding crisis in Michigan, there are going to be more and more roads like this. We simply have no money to resurface many of the roads that desperately need it. The Road Commission is funded through state-collected gas tax and vehicle registration fees. The revenue from these sources have been going down for years, while the cost of maintaining roads has been going up. The state legislature, which controls these funding sources, does not appear interested in addressing this problem, so the roads will get worse (likely much worse) before they get better.
Road Commission for Oakland County
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Resident (Guest)
While your answer is informative, it didn't answer my question of which roads are being maintained with the funds received. What is difficult for me to understand is where this money is going to come from. This neighborhood is full of good, hard working people who, in some cases, are barely holding onto their homes. Trying to squeeze us for extra money to maintain roads we are already paying taxes and fees for isn't going to be the solution.
I've been reviewing the press release from last year which shows a portion of the proposed budget for 2012. Where on the website is the actual budget which breaks out the operating expenditures? I'd like to see where the dollars are being allocated. What percentage of the income is going to actual maintenance and what percentage is going to non-maintenance items.
Road Commission (Guest)
All roads under our jurisdiction are being maintained, though, due to the funding crisis, none are being maintained at the desired level. However, safety and scarcity of resources dictate that we prioritize roads for maintenance purposes. Those roads with the most traffic, traveling at the highest speeds, must be at the top of the priority list. Consequently, subdivision streets, which carry the least traffic moving at the slowest speeds, must be at the bottom of the list. That doesn't mean they are ignored. It simply means we cannot devote as much resources to them as we do to busy primary roads.
The subdivision paving policy has been in place at the Road Commission for many decades, and every subdivison under our jurisdiction that has been repaved has been done so via the the special assessment process. This includes everything from highly affluent subs to much less leffluent subs.
Our budget for the current year and past years, as well as our projected three year budget for the future (known as the "Financial Plan") are all posted in the "Publications" section of our Web site (www.rcocweb.org), under the "Financial Documents" heading, as well as other documents like our audited financial report.
Please understand that we sympathize with your situation and share your frustration. Unfortunately, we simply do not have the resources to perform additional maintenance work anywhere.
For additional information about how we're funded, an explanation of Michigan's ongoing road-funding crisis and other related work, check out our "A Guide to Roads and Road Funding" publication (http://www.rcocweb.org/Lists/Publications/Attachments/26/HANDOUT%20-%20%202012-1.pdf).
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