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The 2010 Pavement Preservation Program consist of two parts: 1) the 2010 HMA Pavement Preservation Program and 2) the 2010 Chip Seal Pavement Preservation Program.

The 2010 HMA Pavement Preservation Program includes 17.73 miles of pavement rehabilitation including HMA wedging and/or HMA paving and aggregate shoulders. Altogether with the necessary related work. This program started the week of July 5, 2010, if the weather permits. For a list of roads included in this program please check the project page.

The 2010 Chip Seal Pavement Preservation Program includes 14.85 miles of double chip seal and fog seal. Altogether with the necessary related work. This program started the week of July 5, 2010, if the weather permits. For a list of roads included in this program please check the project page.

Motorist are advised to expect delays and reduced speed limits in the construction areas. These projects are expected to only take approximately 60 days, if the weather permits.

For up-to-date information on these construction projects and other LCRC projects, go to the projects page at: www.livingstonroads.org/projects.htm.

Fonson, Inc. is the Qualified Low Bidder for the safety project at Brighton High School on Brighton Road. The Contractor is scheduled to begin work on the road by the end of July, weather permitting of course.

The Brighton High School Right Turn Lane project includes extending the existing right turn lane at the Brighton High School. Work includes matching grading, modified trenching, subbase, aggregate base, HMA paving, concrete curb and cutter, all together with the necessary related work.

Motorist are advised to expect delays and reduced speed limits in the construction areas. This project is expected to only take approximately 20-30 days, if the weather permits.

For up-to-date information on these construction projects and other LCRC projects, go to the projects page at: www.livingstonroads.org/projects.htm.

Asphalt Specialist Inc. is the Qualified Low Bidder for the road rehabilitation on Barron Country Meadows Subdivision. The Contractor is scheduled to begin work on the road the week of June 21, 2010, weather permitting of course.

The Barron Country Meadows project includes HMA base crushing and shaping, aggregate base reinforcement, HMA paving, aggregate shoulders and turf restoration.

The Barron Country Meadows project includes all work necessary for rehabilitating the roads in this subdivision.

Motorist are advised to expect delays and reduced speed limits in the construction areas. This project is expected to only take approximately 60 days, if the weather permits.

For up-to-date information on these construction projects and other LCRC projects, go to the projects page at: www.livingstonroads.org/projects.htm.

Richard Slayton who served as a member of the Living County Road Commission for more that two decades pasted away at the age of 74 on Friday, June 11, 2011. A memorial service for Mr. Slayton will be held at 5 p.m. Monday at Cornerstone Evangelical Presbyterian Church, 9455 Hilton Road in Brighton Township.

A former mayor of Howell and longtime public servant whose influence helped shape his hometown for decades Richard Slayton was born July 4, 1935, in Pinckney. He was a graduate of Howell High School who served his country in the U.S. Army and served his community in posts such as president of the Howell Public Schools Board of Education in the 1960s, mayor of Howell from 1969-1973, chairman of the Livingston County Board of Commissioners in the 1980s and member of the Livingston County Road Commission for more than the past two decades.

Outside government, he was involved in groups such as the United Way, American Cancer Society, Masons, Elks, Eagles, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Boy Scouts and youth sports; and formerly owned Chevrolet and Chrysler dealerships in the area.

For being a person whose motor never stopped running when it came to making his hometown a better place, he was named the 1980 Howell Area Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year.

According to an interview in 2006, Mr. Slayton never really had a plan for politics, when he joined the school board at age 27, he just wanted to help make things "the very best" for his children. He enjoyed working and helping and the community benefited.

Up until Friday, his son J.R. Slayton noted, he was still on the Road Commission and was known for going the extra mile in more ways than one.

The younger Slayton said his father kept an old, red GMC Jimmy that he would use for Road Commission business. As the Jimmy carried his dad down county roads to respond to residents’ concerns, he said, “everybody knew who it was, and who was in it.”

“He did it all, and he absolutely loved doing it,” J.R. Slayton said. “People knew that they could call him, and he would drive out and look at their problem. He’d do that all the time.”

Mr. Slayton will be truly missed here at the Road Commission. Excerpts of this article are from the "Former Howell mayor who 'did it all' dies at 74" news story in the Sunday, June 13th issue of the Livingston Daily Press & Argus. If you would like to read the complete story a link has been.

The first is Old US-23 from Faussett to Center (Old-23 North), starting May 10 with completion in 60 days. The second is an Old US-23 Safety Project from Newfound Gap to Covington also starting May 10 with completion in 60 days.

The Old US-23 North project includes resurfacing, pavement repairs, concrete curb & gutters, and aggregate shoulders.

The Old US-23 Safety project includes all work necessary for widening for a left hand center turn lane.

Motorist are advised to expect delays and reduced speed limits in the construction areas. These projects are expected to only take approximately 60 days, if the weather permits.

For up-to-date information on these construction projects and other LCRC projects, go to the projects page at: www.livingstonroads.org/projects.htm.

Drivers are trained to pull over when an emergency vehicle is coming because it's the law. In the case of roundabouts, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) today announced that motorists must clear a roundabout if they hear (or see) an emergency vehicle coming. Completing the turn and safely pulling off of the roadway once the vehicle exits the roundabout is the correct maneuver in an emergency situation.

"With more and more roundabouts being installed in Michigan, drivers must know how to safely navigate them in the event of an emergency," said State Transportation Director Kirk T. Steudle. "Getting out of a roundabout as quickly as possible when an emergency vehicle is approaching is not only the safest thing to do but it is required by law."

Michigan is installing more roundabouts (another form of an intersection) because they are easy to drive through and safer than traditional intersections. For more information, go to the MDOT Web site at: www.michigan.gov/roundabout.