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Peaine Township proposes a one-mil road improvement assessment, 2007

Also Our Best Chance for Better Roads

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TypeEvent
Date2007-02-27
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2007-02-27
Kind
Election
Eras
Modern era
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transportationinfrastructuregovernmentenvironmentcommunitycommunication
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Beaver Island

Summary

The February 2007 Beaver Beacon urged support for Peaine Township’s February 27 proposal for a one-mil road assessment. The proposal would raise roughly $50,000 annually for gravel, dust control, and a more systematic approach to the Island’s gravel roads.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper advocacy and proposal account; it does not establish the vote result or subsequent road work.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. "Our Best Chance for Better Roads," Beaver Beacon, February 2007.
    Describes road deterioration, calcium-chloride dust control, paving costs, and the proposed one-mil Peaine assessment for gravel and road improvements. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2007-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the road-improvement proposal.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2007-02_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Peaine Township proposes a one-mil road improvement assessment, 2007”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-road-improvement-millage-proposal-2007/, accessed [date], citing "Our Best Chance for Better Roads," Beaver Beacon, February 2007. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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