May 2018 Dear Wakefield Township Resident and/or Taxpayer: On behalf of the Wakefield Township Board, it is my pleasure to announce Spring Cleanup 2018. Our Board sees great value in providing our residents an avenue to clean up their properties and their neighborhoods at no cost to them. The City of Wakefield will be having a separate cleanup at a different site, so the traffic […]
Construction and Motorist Information What Is Being Done? The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is removing and replacing the M-28 bridge over Jackson Creek east of Wakefield in Gogebic County, beginning in late May, 2018. Construction Cost: $3.9 million When Will This Be Done? The project will begin on May 29, 2018, and is expected to be completely open to traffic on Sept. 8. All work […]
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP – The Wakefield Township Board met Tuesday and considered next year’s budget, which must be in place by March 31, according to supervisor John Cox. The 2017-’18 fiscal year budget did not require any amendments, according to Cox. The 2018-’19 budget had multiple highlights called out to the board. Resident garbage collection will remain at the $10 rate for […]
By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] LANSING — Much like the road itself, a more than $4.7 million state grant announced Wednesday to improve County Road 519 is intended to smooth the way for the development of the Copperwood copper mining project in northern Gogebic County. The $4,775,321 state transportation economic development grant is designed to help fund a Gogebic County Road Commission project to reconstruct 13 miles of County […]
WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP – The Wakefield Township Board recently adopted goals for the years 2018-19. “The Board has been adopting annual goals since 2008 and many have been reached,” said Township Supervisor John Cox. “ In additional to our regular governmental functions, these goals help drive our township to improve together, and to determine where taxpayer funds will be spent.” The township goals for 2018-19 include: […]
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] Wakefield TOWNSHIP — Wakefield Township’s 30-year franchise agreement with Xcel Energy was about to expire, so the township board renewed it with Michael BeBeau from Xcel in attendance Tuesday. Township chairman John Cox said he has lived in many places over the years and is pleased with the energy provision by Xcel in the township. The board discussed which roads are scheduled for chip […]
WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has issued a use permit to Copperwood Resources Inc., a subsidiary of Highland Copper, to resume winter exploration of a one-mile section of the westernmost portion of Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. The Gogebic County work will determine if the eastern extension of a mineral deposit first explored in the 1950s might feasibly be mined, enlarging […]
Download the PDF version: NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2017 M-28 TO BE CLOSED NEXT SUMMER AT THE JACKSON CREEK BRIDGE EAST OF WAKEFIELD. RE-ROUTE WILL BE US-2 TO M-64. M-28 will be closed next summer so that the Jackson Creek Bridge can be removed and replaced, and the approaches upgraded. When the project is completed the public will have a safer and wider bridge. Details of the […]
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] WAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP — The Wakefield Township Board was informed Tuesday by supervisor John Cox that M-28 is scheduled for a three-month closure in the summer of 2018 to replace the bridge on Jackson Creek. Cox said the township has a handful of residents who live on the eastern side of the creek, which introduces challenges regarding garbage and mail deliveries. Cox […]
By IAN MINIELLY [email protected] Wakefield TOWNSHIP — Tim Lynott, of Highland Copper, briefed Wakefield Township regarding progress to open the Copperwood mine in the township. The ecological mitigation from the damage caused by the early thaw is complete, according to John Cox, supervisor. Lynott wanted to know if the township was prepared to work on County 519 and the increased traffic the mine will bring to the road. […]