County Road (CR) 25 is currently a gravel roadway between CSAH 15 and Trunk Highway 65 and serves as a regionally significant route from Onamia to Hinckley. The road supports regional and local freight movement and local residents who live along the road. At its waterway crossings, water will regularly overtop the roadway which presents a hazard to the public and disrupts travel. Additionally, the existing road can only accommodate 5-ton axles, which limits efficient movement of freight and agricultural equipment and materials. The road also has substandard curves which present further hazard to the public.
The applicant requests authorization to reconstruct and make improvements to CR 25. The gravel surface would be replaced with a bituminous surface that would include two12-foot-wide travel lanes, 4-foot-wide shoulders, and 3:1 side slopes. Proposed work also includes excavating new roadside ditches that would be 8 feet wide at their base. Two (2) culvert stream crossings would also be replaced with larger culverts with riprap scour protection installed at the culvert outlets.