DIRT/GRAVEL AND LOW VOLUME ROADS
Every year ICCD works with public road owners through the Dirt/Gravel, & Low Volume Roads (DGLVR) Maintenance Program. In 2021, ICCD funded ten road projects in seven municipalities to minimize roadway impacts on streams, while also decreasing long-term maintenance costs. In 2021, ICCD invested over $553,000 to fund dirt and gravel road improvements and another $135,000 to fund low-volume road improvements.
Washington Township, Brewer Road PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
Before
After
Brewer Road was a classic dirt and gravel road project. It suffered from insufficient drainage and severe road entrenchment. On the entire project site, there were only two crosspipes that routinely plugged with debris because the road was lower than surrounding earth. To fix the roadway concerns, the Township worked with a contractor to raise the entire road profile with nearly 3,400 tons of fill in order to put in six new crosspipes and upsize the two existing crosspipes. Now, the roadway has enough stormwater infrastructure to handle heavy rain and annual leaf drop. This is a great example of how a capital investment in a road can reduce maintenance costs for decades. The project was funded with $95,284 from ICCD Dirt and Gravel grant funds and $2,481 in township in-kind contributions.
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2021 Annual Report
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