Community Project:
Repaving Huron River Drive

Greenview Data CEO Ted Green and his wife Debbie Green, in conjunction with the Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society (AABTS) and the Ann Arbor Velo Club (AAVC) are leading an effort to raise private donations to repave portions of Ann Arbor's most scenic and popular bicycling and running road, Huron River Drive.

DONATIONS ARE CLOSED: As of August 23rd, we have raised $44,790 - exceeding all our goals to repave sections of Huron River Drive. Any remaining funds will be used to repave as much as possible of the road west of Zeeb.

Due to generous donations, three additional sections will be repaved - Foster to North Maple, Wagner to Tubbs and a bad section west of Zeeb. In total, all of Huron River Drive from Foster to Zeeb will be repaved, much if it with wider pavement and bike lanes.

Background: The Washtenaw County Road Commission has received federal funds to repave Huron River Drive from Tubbs to Zeeb, and from Wagner to North Maple, which is great and exciting news for all bicyclists and runners. The repaving is scheduled for late August. Unfortunately, the section between Tubbs and Wagner was deemed to be in too poor condition for simply repaving and therefore ineligible for these federal funds. (Yes, the logic eludes us too.) Therefore, we started and succeeded on a project of raising private donations to get this terrible and very unsafe section repaved too. As donations exceeded our original goals, we expanded our project to include additional bad sections of Huron River Drive.

Original Goal: It will cost about $90,000 to grind and repave the 0.75 mile Wagner to Tubbs section. While this sounded like an awful lot to raise, the Washtenaw County Road Commission (WCRC) and Scio Township are very supportive and completely cooperative. The WCRC has found ways/sources to DOUBLE match our donations! Therefore, we only needed to raise about $30,000 in private donations to reach our original goal, which we did!

New Goals: Due to your generous donations, we raised the bar to include the short (750ft) but terrible section of Huron River Dr. between North Maple and Foster, and a 350ft section west of Zeeb. Both are extremely dangerous with bicyclists and cars both swerving around the rough pavement. One AABTS member mentioned that he has had two flats in just the Foster section. Since the WCRC capped its matching funds at $60,000, donations are needed to pay the full cost of repaving these sections. To include these two additional sections, our new goal was ultimately set at $41,400, which we also exceeded! The extra funds will go to increase how much is repaved west of Zeeb (at $20/foot for grinding and new blacktop). Work is expected to begin on Aug. 23.

Bike Lanes: As much as possible, the main Tubbs to Zeeb section with be repaved with a 2 - 3 foot bike lane/shoulder in each direction. This is possible through a grant from the Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation department. Due to the short time frame, the Tubbs to Wagner section likely won't have bike lanes, but the WCRC is doing all it can to also make this possible.

More Info: To see our progress, read about the project in the news, or for more information, please see the links on the left. If you have questions, please contact me (Ted Green) via email at or if urgent call my cell phone (734-223-5046). Thank you again.