P.O. Box 871463, Canton, MI 48187
ROADS / PRRMA
Why are our roads better than most in Michigan? We own and maintain them!
Pheasant Run Roadway Maintenance Association, Inc. (PRRMA) incorporates three subdivisions and Canton Township. They are Pheasant View at Pheasant Run, Fairways at Pheasant Run, and Fairway Pines at Pheasant Run. The PRRMA Board of directors incorporates a representative from each subdivision and two persons from Canton Township; a five person board.
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The purpose of PRRMA is to enforce and administrate The Reciprocal Roadway Maintenance Agreement which specifies for each entity the maintenance and repairs of our roads and infrastructure systems. The Reciprocal Roadway Maintenance Agreement directly affects the entire roadway within our three (3) subdivisions and also includes Summit Parkway and Glengarry Boulevard.
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A portion of the annual assessment we pay each year goes directly to PRRMA. A percentage is placed into a reserve fund which is held by PRRMA for anticipated future expenses, for the maintenance and repairs of our roads. A majority of this money is invested in secure deposits with the intention to increase the amount of cash on hand and to reduce the amount needed from each contributing entity.
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PRRMA has its own web site at: http://www.prrma.org All of the financials, meeting minutes, contact information and governing documents can now be found at that site. To find out who is responsible for what (sidewalks, driveways, streets), see the the responsibility matrix (.pdf).
What are the "X"s all about?
The Pheasant Run Roadway Maintenance Association (PRRMA) who is responsible for Pheasant View’s, Fairways’, and Fairway Pines’ sidewalks and roads identified $150K in its 2025 budget for the repair of sidewalks in all three subdivisions. The sidewalk repair will be performed by Rotondo Concrete. Canton Township, which is also a member of PRRMA, works very closely with Rotondo on other concrete projects in the Township and has secured competitive pricing for PRRMA.
Work on our subdivision sidewalks was to begin in mid-October, but concrete work appears to be ongoing in the Fairway Pines subdivision. The sections of sidewalk designated for replacement are marked with a purple “X” (see attached picture). You are welcome to see the scope of work on the PRRMA website as periodically updated.
Major street and sidewalk repairs planned for 2025!
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The 2025 PRRMA Budget was approved for $849K. The major expenditures are as follows:
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$450,000 will be spent on Summit Parkway Road Repair and associated engineering
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$40,000 will be spent on the Crowndale and Beck Road Entrance
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$30,000 to repair the sidewalk on the southside of Cherry Hill
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$150,000 for sidewalk repairs in all areas of PRRMA
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Annual assessments were increased 10% for 2025
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The PRRMA reserve balance is forecasted to be $ 100,000 at the end of 2025
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Based upon the latest PASER study an additional $1,555,425 will need to be spent on curb and gutter repairs in the next few years
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Maps and the rough schedule for the 2025 construction will be posted when available.
PRRMA UPDATE - December 16, 2024
As part of the annual road maintenance evaluation, the PRRMA Board enlisted the engineering firm of Spaulding DeDecker to evaluate the curbs and sidewalks of the property under PRRMA's jurisdiction (i.e. Fairways, Fairway Pines, Pheasant View, and Summit Parkway). The following table lists the estimated costs to repair what Spaulding DeDecker identified:
The number highlighted in RED clearly stands out from the audit. Virtually ALL the curbs in the Fairway Pines subdivision need to be replaced. They are all experiencing a condition called ASR (alkali-silica reaction).
(The picture above is an example of ASR)
ASR is a damaging mechanism in concrete that causes it to crack and deteriorate. It happens when concrete is made using certain aggregates that are reactive with alkali.
PRRMA Board member Greg Hohenberger (Canton Twp. Director of Leisure Services) informed the PRRMA Board that this was an issue with concrete that was laid in the early to mid-1990's around Canton. Spaulding did not identify this issue in Pheasant View, Fairways, or Summit Parkway. Fairways, Fairway Pines, Pheasant View, and Canton Twp. contribute ~$350K annually to PRRMA. These funds are used to maintain the roads, sidewalks, and curbs of the PRRMA members. In addition, PRRMA maintains reserves between $250K and $500K. The reserve balance at the end of 2024 is estimated to be $450K.
Obviously repairs of $2.9 million identified by Spaulding DeDecker will take multiple years to accomplish with the funds available. Although Fairway Pines has the majority of the needed repairs, it will be the PRRMA Board’s responsibility to properly prioritized the repairs that are needed in the three subdivisions and Summit Parkway. It has been decided that the curb work in Fairway Pines will not begin until 2026.
In the monthly PRRMA Board meeting held on December 10, 2024, the Board approved the following capital projects for 2025:
Repairs of this magnitude will bring the PRRMA reserves to a level below $100K at the end of 2025. As a result, it was voted by the majority of the PRRMA Board to increase the dues of its members by 10% (the Pheasant View PRRMA representative was the only dissenting vote). This will take Pheasant View’s annual PRRMA contribution from $58,792 to $64,671.
How does the
Pheasant Run Roadway Maintenance Association determine what roads require construction,
and when?
According to Michigan’s Act 51 (P.A. 499 in 2002 and P.A. 199 in 2007), each local road agency must annually report the mileage and condition of the road and bridge system under their jurisdiction to the Michigan Transportation Asset Management Council (TAMC). To fulfill the requirement of this Act, the TAMC sets policies each year for road condition data collection and submission by road-owning agencies in Michigan.
The Michigan TAMC has adopted the Pavement Surface Evaluation and Rating (PASER) system for measuring conditions of paved roads in Michigan. The PASER system, developed by the University of Wisconsin Transportation Information Center, is a visual survey method that provides a simple, efficient, and consistent method for evaluating the condition of paved roads.
Part of the TAMC’s mission is to obtain accurate road condition data in order to provide a clear view of the overall condition of Michigan’s road network. The TAMC uses these ratings to communicate the condition of Michigan roads to the Michigan Legislature. At the local level, this data serves as a foundation upon which local agencies can build cost-effective pavement maintenance strategies.
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Hot-mix asphalt (HMA) is a pavement type with the top structural layer being HMA. Generally, a structural hot-mix asphalt layer has a thickness of 1.5 inches or more. This pavement should be rated using the rating system outlined in the Asphalt PASER Manual and the Michigan-specific Asphalt Road Rating Guide.
