Name: King’s Highway paving grant application is denied, 1992
Start: 1992-02-13
End: 1992-02-13
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Date: 1992-02-13
Kind: Announcement
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: transportationinfrastructuregovernancecommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Charlevoix County Road Commission’s application for MDOT Category A funds to pave King’s Highway was denied February 13, 1992.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper report and advocacy notice, not the grant application, agency decision file, or road-condition engineering report.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, February 1992, “ON THE ROAD AGAIN.”
Reports MDOT’s February 13 denial of Category A funding for paving King’s Highway and calls for preventive maintenance, dust control, and public letters to the Charlevoix County Road Commission. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1992-02_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, February 1992, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held twenty-two-page issue scan confirms the grant-denial report.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1992-02_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, March 1992, “PEAINE AND ST. JAMES JOINT TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING.”
Reports the joint boards’ decision to retain counsel, demand temporary repairs by May 22 and paving by November 1, and threaten suit if the Road Commission did not agree in writing. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1992-03_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, March 1992, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held twenty-page issue scan confirms the road-dispute follow-up.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1992-03_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, April 1992, “ROADS VS. VEHICLE DAMAGE.”
Requests signed testimonials documenting vehicle, personal, and property damage from King’s Highway and other island roads, including dates, locations, damage, dust, and repair costs. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1992-04_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, April 1992, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held twenty-four-page issue scan confirms the road-damage documentation request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1992-04_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “King’s Highway paving grant application is denied, 1992”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-kings-highway-paving-grant-denied-1992/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1992, “ON THE ROAD AGAIN.” (and 5 further sources listed on the page).

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