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Subscribe to this threadSolving Michigan's decrepit roads by going back to gravel?
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R W Scott @ Mar 27th 2008 10:22AM
After living in NW Michigan (Traverse City area) for 30+ years and living in the country, gravel roads are the norm for many...the road commissions in most counties do a respectable job of maintaining them...Kalkaska county is a BIG exception. Snow removal is a major function of the commissions and virtually all areas in the snow belt have tandem plow trucks with an under-body plow that very effectively keeps the roads scraped clean in the winter and are equally effective in the summer months for gravel/secondary gravel road maintenance...they are almost as effective as a motor grader and can work at 20+ mph instead of 5 mph in a grader...plowing a gravel road is not an issue after the road bed freezes and car traffic really pushes the frost down deep in the road bed. I will admit that during spring thaw the roads do get a bit poopy and the gravel is blended with clay to allow for effective compaction...if you like to wash your car, you are in pig-heaven.