0.5 Mill Road Millage Approved By Washtenaw County Commision

Money from this millage will be spent rebuilding the Main Street Bridge.

On Wednesday, September 16th, the Washtenaw County Board of County Commissioners approved a resolution to levy a one-year millage to fund road work in Washtenaw County using Public Act 283 (P.A. 283). The 0.5-mill property tax will be levied in 2015 and fund road work in 2016. This is the second consecutive year the County Commission has used P.A. 283 to fund local road improvements. See last week’s article to learn how this millage works, and how it will affect Manchester.

P.A. 283 millage funds will allow the WCRC to complete an additional 29 projects in 2016, improving 58 miles of road. WCRC is responsible for projects on county and township roads. Cities and villages manage projects within their borders. You can view a complete list of 2016 projects.

Last year’s P.A. 283 millage cost property owners in Washtenaw County $50 for every $100,000 in taxable property value. The average homeowner paid $35 in 2015. The millage generated $7.2 million county-wide. WCRC received $4 million to fund county and township roads. Cities and villages received $3 million, proportional to the revenue raised in their borders. WCRC estimates that the millage will generate the same amount this year.

The 2014 P.A. 283 millage allowed the Road Commission to complete an additional 32 county road projects in 2015, improving an extra 75 miles of road. View a list of 2015 projects.

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by Fritz Swanson

Fritz Swanson has written for The Believer, the Christian Science Monitor, Print Magazine, McSweeney's, Esopus, LSA Magazine, and The Mid-American Review. He serves as a trustee on the Manchester District Library Board. He's the designer and publisher of The Manchester Mirror.

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