Ormond Road Testing Today (April 8, 2026)
Ormond Road testing began today (April 8, 2026) with drilling activity being done by vehicles marked TYME Engineering1 and DLZ2.
This appears to be related to testing whether Ormond Road can be upgraded or reinforced to handle Class A road weights, including fully loaded gravel trains.
That matters because Ormond Road is currently a Class B road and not rated for fully loaded gravel trains.
Levy’s application anticipates 80 gravel trains per day entering the mine and then exiting the site. That equals 160 gravel train trips per day, or more than 16,000 gravel trains over the operating season from April 1 through November 30.
| Est. No. of Gravel Trains per Operating Day: | 80 Gravel Trains |
| Est. No. of Operating Days per Season: | 209 Operation Days |
| Est. No. of Gravel Trains per Season: | 16,720 Gravel Trains |
This does not mean the mine is approved, but it does suggest that the road’s strength and ability to carry heavy industrial traffic are already being evaluated. Meanwhile, communication from Springfield Township leadership has come to an abrupt halt. As of today, there have been no updates or communications regarding this or any other part of the Levy mining application.
Something else to think about:
If Levy is successful in having Ormond Road reclassified as a Class A road, that change would not apply only to Levy’s trucks. It would create a publicly accessible Class A road that could be used by other large commercial traffic as well.
In other words, this is not just about one project. Any road upgrade of this kind could have long-term consequences for the character and traffic use of Ormond Road going forward.
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I have lived on ormond road for 25 years now and have a “hidden Driveway. It is considered hidden because it is cut out of an embankment that partially obstructs the view. In addition it is at a “dip” in the road and on a curve which just adds to the loss of visability for me and any north or south bound traffic. I have to use extreme caution when trying to pull out of my driveway onto the road because most vehicles are traveling 5-10 miles (and sometimes more) over the 45 mPH speed limit. This includes large comericial trucks. When coming home I have to signal my turn and slow down any traffic behind me way before I reach my driveway so I don’t get run down as I make my turn. My property is on a section of Road that has only a narrow shoulder due to embankment and powerlines on one side and sunken wetlands on the other. It is also a common deer crossing path. There have been several accidents on this stretch of road. My stretch of Ormond road is not unique. There are other stretches between white lake road and Davisburg that are similar.
Road work done in 2018-2021 is already showing signs of deteriation particularly on the narrow payment edges and lack of shoudler space due to the heavy trucks already traveling on Ormond whether they should be or not. Ormond Road is NOT a Highway (although drivers treat it as such) and not suitable to move from a class b to a Class A Road.
More traffic and especially heavy truck traffic will only put my safety in greater danger and destroy the existing road sooner.