Public Works Projects Update

G2G Neighborhood Program, road resurfacing underway

The third year of the Good to Great Neighborhood Program kicked off in May, in the area between Beech Daly, Ecorse and the I-94 freeway. This neighborhood is the first of seven different portions of the City scheduled for G2G work in 2020. 

The Good to Great campaign targets a certain “neighborhoods” in the community for complete improvements – streets, sidewalks, tree trimming, signage, sewers, etc. Police representatives even take time to meet with the public in the targeted locations to exchange information in a relaxed setting. Often, the parks in certain locations are improved.

This year’s G2G areas will roll out as follows:

Area No. 14: The area between Beech Daly, Ecorse, and the I-94 freeway

Area No. 15: The neighborhoods between Beech Daly, Van Born, Telegraph and I-94.  When this area is finished, G2G will have completed the entire section of the City north of the freeway

Area No. 16: The neighborhoods surrounding Taylor Parks Elementary School bordered by Allen, Ecorse, Monroe and the Wabash Railroad line.

Area No. 17: The neighborhoods defined by Telegraph, Beverly, Ecorse and Pardee

Area No. 18: The Ames Highway neighborhood bordered by Telegraph, Ecorse, Troy and Beverly

Area No. 19: The neighborhoods between Ecorse, Beech Daly, Newcastle and Cherokee

Area No. 20: The southwest area between Beech Daly, Inkster, Pennsylvania and Eureka.

Roadwork continues

In addition to the Good to Great Program, several streets are scheduled for major improvements. Among those, Beech Daly (between Brest and Wick) and Monroe (between Ecorse and Van Born) have already started as of May. 

Other roads that are in this year’s plan include portions of Goodard, Pardee and Wick. Key secondary roads, in addition to Monroe, include portions of Champaign and Mortenview.

Mayor Rick Sollars has vowed for several years that he wanted to resurface the entire length of well-traveled Pardee Road, and that project will begin this year. On the schedule is a Pardee resurfacing from Superior to Goddard; next year (2021) the rest will be resurfaced, all the way from Goddard to Ecorse. In addition, all intersections will be modernized and sidewalks will be added and/or renovated.

A couple of years ago, Goddard Road was resurfaced from Telegraph to Pardee. In 2020, it will be resurfaced from Beech Daly to Telegraph, as well as from Pardee to Allen. Then in 2021, Goddard will be resurfaced from Inkster to Beech Daly – which will mean that over the past four years, the entire Taylor length of Goddard road will have been resurfaced and modernized.

The final leg of this year’s major roadwork will include Wick Road, between Mortenview and Pelham.

Other key resurfacings will include Mortenview, between Goddard and Wick; and Champaign, between Robert and Telegraph.

Street sweeping

The City of Taylor’s annual spring street sweeping program ended in early May. It will continue on an as-needed basis through the warm weather months, before another daily schedule is published in the fall. The City sweeps all of its street twice annually, in the spring and fall.