TRAVERSE CITY —
Another rutted alley will be repaired in downtown Traverse City.
City commissioners this week approved repaving of the alley in the 400 block of East Front Street, between Boardman Avenue and Wellington Street. The estimated $53,400 cost will be split between property owners and the city.
The project needs budget approval from the Downtown Development Authority, which will use tax-captured dollars to pay for the city's $26,700 share. The DDA is scheduled to consider funding the project at its July 20 meeting, and the project could begin this fall, DDA Deputy Director Rob Bacigalupi said.
The work will provide needed upgrades to an alley that's "in really bad shape," said Colleen Mulligan, a business manager with the law firm Olson, Bzdok & Howard. Mulligan knows the alley well because of her work at the firm, located on East Front's 400 block.
"The pot holes are very significant. It's hard to even ride your bike down the alley," she said.
Mulligan went door-to-door along the impacted area to gather signatures in support of the project. Commercial property owners will pay 37.5 percent of the project's cost, while residential owners will pick up 12.5 percent. About 67 percent of parcel owners favored the plan, with the others not responding.
The city lowered residential owners' share since traffic and delivery truck trips generated by businesses creates wear and tear on the alley, Bacigalupi said.
He said the alley's poor condition rivals the previous shape of an alley off the 200 block of East Front Street, before the city approved another special improvement district to pay for its recent repairs.
City commissioners also scheduled a July 16 public hearing on a proposed special improvement district to fund work on another alley west of Rose Street and between Boon and Baldwin streets. Mulligan, who lives in the neighborhood, was also a key supporter of that project. The dirt alley is muddy and messy in the spring and fall especially, she said. The estimated $19,635 cost to pave it would be split by the city and adjoining property owners.
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Traverse City approved a special improvement district to pave the alley south of the 400 block of East Front Street. Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
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