On Aug. 6, Livonia voters will have a chance to narrow the 12-person city council race to an eight-person one. Council seats are non-partisan positions.

Based on questionnaires sent to candidates, 11 of the 12 hopefuls told Hometown Life why they 're hoping to get elected, what they think of certain community issues and more. Candidate Brian Duggan did not respond to the questionnaire by the given deadline, so his responses are not included. 

Each question was given a word limit, and candidates who did not adhere to the limit had their responses cut short. 

Candidates were asked "Road conditions are a common complaint. What can Livonia do to help improve the quality of state, county and city roads in the city?" Here's what they had to say.

Scott Bahr: "Livonia’s roads millage program is the envy of the state and increasingly copied by other municipalities. As for state and county roads, we are and will remain aggressive in lobbying those entities for improvements."

Gregory Coppola: "Livonia-controlled roads are in good condition. County and state roads are not. City officials, elected and administrative, need to continue to demand that the county and state fulfill their responsibilities to maintain their roads."

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James Davis Jr.: "Livonia will continue its internal road and infrastructure replacement as we age. We will work closely with our county and state partners to coordinate and search for resources to expand this process."

Rob Donovic: "Our city roads are some of the best because our road millage, but state and county roads are bad. We deserve more priority from the state and county funding because we provide so much."

Steve King: "Private/public partnerships and pressure on all legislators in the state and county to get with the governors plan or present their own. Many of those elected officials live in Livonia. Let’s invite them to a..."

Brandon McCullough: "The 'not my problem' road reasonability needs to stop. An advisory committee to push the county and state for funding would be a good start. We need to be proactive rather than the current reactive."

Eileen McDonnell: "Livonia’s government needs to be forceful with this issue. We should not be a total donor municipality; bring back our tax dollars and fix our roads. We need to hold the county and state responsible."

Kathleen McIntyre: "Continue to fund our Annual Pavement Repair Program that evaluates all city roads to prioritize repairs and reconstruction, and continue collaboration with Wayne County to expedite repairs of county roads such as Merriman and Inkster."

Gerald Perez: "I believe we need to negotiate with Wayne County / State of Michigan for the quality of material they are using for roads. Livonia needs to insist upon better material for the roads we oversee..."

Nicholas Turco: "Proper maintenance of our roadways, updating our infrastructure will continue to attract large and small companies."

Leo Weber: "We should stop allowing heavy trucks to bust up concrete that was designed for car travel. We should also make those companies pay more road fees. Stop giving truck load waivers to the Felician Sisters."


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