MDOT oma wacom Michigan Depariment of Transportation DATE: ‘TO: FROM: SUBJECT: 40/23/2014 Garrett Dawe, Region Operations Engineer Margaret Szajner, Traverse City TSC 2015 Safety Discretionary Candidates ~ M-37 High Friction Surface We are proposing to place a High Friction Surface on M-37 in the horizontal curve at Center Rd, Recently there have been crashes that have occurred during wet conditions that could be improved by placing a High Friction, Surface, One of the crashes resulted in two fatalities. The other crash resulied in M-37 being closed for sevcral hours. ‘The semi-trucks involved in these crashes had the back tires of the vehicle slide over into the incoming lane. ‘Attached is an estimate and crash information for this location. ‘The proposed cost for this improvement is $131,002.46