1.5mil Millage Results To Date
Blue Lake Township voters approved a 1.5 mil millage dedicated to road improvement in the township. This was first collected in 2022 and will last through the 2026 winter taxes. Blue Lake Township has a volunteer roads committee that is made up of township residents, and 2 board members, who evaluate the township roads and developed a ten year strategy in cooperation with the Kalkaska County Road Commission for our road improvements. The plan has allowed the Township to balance current spending with the need to save for longer term / larger cost projects. Projects completed with this milage include;
Current Projects
2025
PLANNED
Birch Drive
Chip Seal and Shoulder replace
$28,700
Eagle Lake Dr
Chip Seal and Shoulder Replace
$43,000
Blue Lake Road
Chip Seal
Culvert end of the pavement, to Starvation Lake Road and along Starvation Lake Road to the Township line completed at zero cost to the Township. Fully funded by the County Road Commission.
Planned
2028-30 Planned
Roads
Bass Lake Road, Little Twin, N Twin Lake, Kenel Road, W Blue, Eagle Lane, and Squaw Lake Roads
Work
Crack Seal and Shoulder. (monitor and determine as it approaches)
Cost
$443,000
2027 Planned
Sunset Trail Twin Lake to the Township Line
Crack Seal and Shoulder Reclaim
$71,700
Sunset Trail Starvation Lake to Twin Lake
Chip Seal and Should Reclaim
$163,000
2026 Planned
ALL of TWIN LAKE Road
TBD Working with the county
$510,000
Completed
2024
- Repaving of all of Gedman at a cost of $171,093
- Repaving of Pflum road from the Township line to Sunset Trail at a cost of $61,111
- Shoulder reclaim (replacement) on Blue Lake Road NE from the end of the 2023 project to Bell. (this is in preparation for Chip sealing) at a cost of $67,022.
2023
- Repaving of Blue Lake Road from CR612 to the culvert at the bottom of the hill before Twin Lake Road at a cost of $154,526
2022
- Repaving of Blue Lake Road NE from Bell avenue to Starvation Lake Road at a cost of $183,996.
- Repaving Starvation Lake Road from Blue Lake Road to the west Township Line at a cost of $235,515.
