- Dates
- 2024-01-10 – 2025-08-13
- Kind
- Construction
- Where
- Township of Saint James
- Along road
- Donegal Bay Road
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- governance
- Within
- Township of Saint James
Summary
In January 2024, St. James Public Works committee action-plan notes reported Township Board approval of a contract to arrange preliminary engineering for a proposed Donegal Bay Road bike-path extension. The notes set out a prospective 2025 grading and 2026 paving sequence. By June, Board minutes reported that the project was awaiting adjustments before a second round of preliminary engineering. In August 2025, the Board did not approve one considered Donegal Bay/Lakeshore road-work approach and identified Sunset Curve survey work as a terminal concern. The earlier St. James Township Trail Master Plan map, 2002 preserves a 2002 schematic proposal in the same broad planning area, not evidence that the later project shared an alignment or implementation history.
Evidence and limits
The held records establish reported Board authorization and subsequent project status. They do not establish the contract’s terms, a final alignment or cancellation, completed engineering/surveying, route/easements, funding, construction, public opening, or completion of the Master Plan bike-path recommendation.
Sources
- Reports that the Township Board approved a contract to arrange a preliminary-engineering study for the proposed Donegal Bay Road bike-path extension, with planned 2025 grading and 2026 paving. It does not supply the contract, funding, engineering completion, or construction evidence.research · island_governance · st-james-public-works-action-plan-2024-01-26
- Reports the Bike Path Project was awaiting adjustments before a second round of preliminary engineering. It does not establish construction, opening, or completion.research · island_governance · st-james-board-minutes-2024-06-19
- Records no Board interest in paving Donegal Bay and Lakeshore Roads for a shoulder-based bike-path portion; post-meeting notes say the Board did not approve that road work and identify a needed Sunset Curve survey for the bike-path terminal. It does not establish a final cancellation, survey completion, funding, construction, or opening.governance · township_meetings · st-james-board · august-13-2025-approved-69c60a051d
Added 2 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “St. James reports preliminary engineering for Donegal Bay Road bike-path extension, 2024”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/st-james-bike-path-preliminary-engineering-2024/, accessed [date], citing St. James Township Public Works, Safety, and Health Committee action-plan notes, January 26, 2024. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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