ANN ARBOR, MI — A big stretch of Scio Church Road in Ann Arbor is about to undergo months of construction.
City Council voted unanimously this week to OK a roughly $2 million construction contract with the Michigan Department of Transportation for the project, which involves resurfacing the roadway from Seventh Street to Maple Road.
The project also includes improvements for pedestrians and cyclists, including filling sidewalk gaps on the north side of the road, installing three new crosswalks and converting on-street parking into bike lanes, as well as stormwater upgrades.
Overall, the project is expected to cost $2.9 million, with $1.1 million in federal funds helping offset the city’s costs, along with $45,000 from Ann Arbor Public Schools, which is helping pay for the new sidewalk along its property between Greenview Drive and Seventh Street.
Construction is expected to begin in or after late September and be complete in the spring, City Engineer Nick Hutchinson said.
The city will be posting road and lane closure notices on its website.
The project includes the addition of 3,500 feet of new buffered bike lanes on the north side of Scio Church between Maple and Greenview that is currently on-street parking and 1,400 feet of new buffered bike lanes on the south side of Scio Church between Maple and Old Pear Tree Court, which will increase the bike network by nearly a mile, Hutchinson said.
The project also converts 2,100 feet of an existing bike lane on the south side of Scio Church between Old Pear Tree Court and Greenview into a protected buffered bike lane and includes the addition of three new crosswalks to increase the walkability of the neighborhood, Hutchinson said.
The added infrastructure could increase the city’s yearly maintenance costs by about $17,000, he estimated. That includes $5,440 for pavement marking maintenance, $1,030 for bike lane maintenance, $1,500 for the street light electricity and maintenance and $9,000 for maintenance of the signals known as rectangular rapid flashing beacons or RRFBs.
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