Editorial: McBride Road to be paved in VBT

At last, parents of McBride Middle School students won’t have to drive over a muddy, rutted road to get to their students’ school.
At Tuesday’s meeting of the Van Buren Township Board of Trustees a unanimous vote set the McBride Road paving project on its way.
The Van Buren Public Schools district had already approved paying $90,000 as its part of the project and a petition drive got 63% of those owning frontage to sign up for a special assessment district. This will cost property owners an estimated $578.22 a year each for five years.
The Wayne County Local Township Roads Initiative will pick up the biggest share of the cost: $750,000. But, the project has to be under way this construction season – so the township is on a very tight scheduled to set up the SAD, get updated specifications, go out for bids, and get to digging.
The actual work probably can’t be started before September, but there’s a back entrance to the school that can be used by buses and cars until the new road is ready.
Special thanks for this project goes to McBride residents Daniel and Ashley Clay and Bonnie Coughlin who went door to door with SAD petitions to get them signed. And, to Supervisor McNamara’s assistant Dan Selman who went back out to knock on those doors needed for more signers. McBride should be beautiful by Thanksgiving! Now we’ll have to deal with speeders on a smooth straightaway.