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  DPW cheif talks Main Street pothole, new private crosswalk

  Frankenmuth Department of Public Works (DPW) Superintendent Kenton Scherzer took some time recently to answer a couple questions regarding deteriorating asphalt on South Main Street and a new crosswalk at the approach of the Covered Bridge parking lot.

  This winter has been especially hard on area roads and streets, with extreme cold in late December and into early February, followed by warmer conditions most of March.

  A large pothole on South Main Street resulted from frost leaving the ground under the street, Scherzer said. The crater developed at the intersection of East Tuscola Street, and grew in circumference.

  "Because Main Street is a state highway (M-83), the city performs maintenance under a contract with the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). We filled the pothole at this location and then monitored it,” Scherzer said.

  Main Street has a poor road subbase in many areas, and the asphalt lacks underlying support from stone or sand, which causes the asphalt to fail.

  “We reached out to MDOT when we noticed the severe heaving, and they installed the steel plates, which distributed vehicular weight over a larger area to prevent rutting until the area firms up. We anticipate that in the spring, MDOT will likely remove this portion of asphalt and repave it,” Scherzer explained......

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