Snow removal & plowing in Fraser, MI
Published rate, 2-inch trigger, a text when your route starts, and a route plan built around what Fraser actually is rather than a county-wide average.
Price your snow removal
Pick the closest driveway, add anything else that needs clearing, and you have a real per-visit number. No form, no callback, no windshield guess.
Every price here is per visit, and it is the price you pay. No fuel surcharge, no storm surcharge, no contract required.
What plowing in Fraser actually involves
Fraser is a tidy four square miles bounded by 15 Mile, Kelly, 13 Mile and Hayes, which makes it one of the most efficient routes in the county — and efficiency is something we pass on rather than pocket. The detail worth knowing is Harrington Drain and its tributary Sweeny Drain, which run north through the city toward the Clinton River. Properties adjacent to those channels sit lower, and lower ground refreezes first and holds ice longest.
Fraser is 14,726 residents, 4.16 square miles, a city.
Incorporated as a village in 1894 and chartered as a city on November 7, 1956, named for the Detroit lawyer Alexander J. Frazer.
Fraser specifics
Roads we run: Groesbeck Highway (M-97), 14 Mile Road, 15 Mile Road, Hayes Road, Kelly Road, Utica Road.
Water: Harrington Drain and Sweeny Drain.
ZIP codes we cover in Fraser: 48026.
From our base: about 9 miles from our base in Macomb Township.
Snow rules in Fraser
Who plows your street: the city plows its own streets; county roads through Fraser are plowed by the Macomb County Department of Roads, and state highways by MDOT. See who plows which roads.
How Fraser handles snow: Fraser’s Department of Public Works plows and salts city streets and city-owned buildings. Under Sec. 25-66 of the city code, owners or occupants must clear snow and ice from the sidewalk beside their property, and the city lists failing to clear right-of-way sidewalks within 24 hours after a snowfall among its common code violations. No one may push snow, ice or slush onto a street, sidewalk or right-of-way, and to protect drivers’ sight lines, snow may not be piled more than 4 feet high on any property. Owners or occupants must also clear snow blocking a roadside mailbox, including snow left by plows. Public safety officers enforce the rule. Public Works: 586-293-2001, option 2. Source: City of Fraser: Public Works; City of Fraser: Code Enforcement; City of Fraser Code of Ordinances, Ch. 25, Art. VII Snow and Ice, Sec. 25-66.
Snow emergency parking: No street parking from 1 a.m. to 6 a.m., November 15 to March 15, plus a weather-emergency ban that starts 2 hours after notice on the city channel and website (Sec. 28-11). Rules for other communities are in snow emergency parking in Macomb County.
How much snow to plan for: Detroit Metro Airport, the official station for southeast Michigan, averaged 44.1 inches over the last 30 winters, and a 2-inch trigger meant about 10 plow visits in a typical one. The full count is in how many plowable snows Macomb County gets.
What you get in Fraser
- Driveway surface, front walk, and a path to the mailbox.
- Back-dragged apron rather than a berm across the garage door.
- Honest advice on whether per-visit beats a seasonal contract here.
- Aging concrete treated with sand where chloride would accelerate scaling.
Sixty-year-old concrete, and what it will tolerate
Driveways poured in the 1960s and 70s are now at the end of their service life, and a lot of them are already scaling at the surface. Chloride de-icer accelerates that: the damage mechanism is freeze-thaw cycling inside a salt-saturated slab, and a slab that has already lost its surface paste soaks up more of it.
On a driveway in that condition we will suggest sand for traction over heavy salting, and say plainly that we are protecting a surface you will eventually replace rather than preserving it forever.
The other postwar characteristic is the reverse-pitched apron. A surprising number of driveways from this era drain slightly toward the garage, which nobody notices until meltwater runs under the door in February. Plowing does not fix that, and we will tell you so rather than selling you more salt.
Commercial snow plowing in Fraser
We plow and salt plazas, offices, medical buildings, churches and apartment lots across Fraser, including the commercial stretches along Groesbeck Highway and 14 Mile Road. Commercial sites run a 1-inch trigger, accessible parking and entrances are cleared first on every visit, and every stop is timestamped on our route board: the record a property manager needs when a slip-and-fall claim arrives months later.
Lots up to 7,000 square feet price at $0.057 per square foot per visit with a $150 minimum; larger Fraser sites are priced after a site walk. See commercial snow and ice management.
Hardscape work in Fraser too
We run both trades in Fraser. If you are here about snow, the hardscaping page for Fraser covers the other side — and being the same crew on the same street is why we can tell you honestly whether a plow will damage your pavers.
Questions people actually ask
How much is snow removal in Fraser?
$0.0715 per square foot per visit with a $75 minimum, the same published rate everywhere in the county. Most one- and two-car Fraser driveways come in at exactly $75. Price yours on the calculator without giving us a phone number.
Do you actually service Fraser?
Yes, Fraser is one of the 26 Macomb County communities on our routes, November 15 through April 15.
What is the trigger depth in Fraser?
The same everywhere we work: over 2 inches residential, 1 inch commercial. Past it your Fraser property is cleared automatically without a call, and you get a text when your route starts. We do not run a deeper trigger in outlying communities to save a trip, which is a thing that happens in this trade.
What makes Fraser different to plow?
Fraser is a tidy four square miles bounded by 15 Mile, Kelly, 13 Mile and Hayes, which makes it one of the most efficient routes in the county — and efficiency is something we pass on rather than pocket. The detail worth knowing is Harrington Drain and its tributary Sweeny Drain, which run north through the city toward the Clinton River.
Do you plow commercial lots in Fraser?
Yes: plazas, offices, medical buildings, churches and apartment communities along Groesbeck Highway and 14 Mile Road and throughout Fraser. Commercial sites run a 1-inch trigger, with accessible parking and entrances cleared first and every visit timestamped.
Do you salt in Fraser as well as plow?
Yes, quoted separately from plowing. Below about 15 °F rock salt does effectively nothing, so in deep cold we use calcium chloride and say so, or recommend waiting rather than billing for a product that cannot work.
Should I go per-visit or seasonal in Fraser?
Per-visit is the default, with no contract and no lock-in. Break-even against a seasonal agreement sits near 14 to 16 visits, and a typical winter here runs about 10 at a 2-inch trigger, so per-visit usually costs less and seasonal buys a fixed number for the heavy winters. The seasonal page shows the arithmetic.
Snow guides for Fraser homeowners
Why the city plow blocks your driveway, and how to beat the windrow
Why road plows leave a ridge of snow across your driveway, who has to clear it in Michigan, and the shovel-to-the-right trick that keeps the ridge smaller.
4 min read Safety & accessSnow removal for seniors in Macomb County: options that actually show up
Snow removal options for seniors in Macomb County: family help, the county chore program for residents 60 and older, and paid services that come early enough.
3 min read Cost & contractsSeasonal or per-push: which snow contract is cheaper?
Break-even between seasonal and per-push snow contracts sits near 14 to 16 visits in Macomb County. The arithmetic, shown, and which one fits your situation.
2026-09-11 Local rules & weatherSnow emergency parking in Macomb County: when your car has to come off the street
Snow emergency parking rules in 11 Macomb County communities, checked against their codes: who declares them, how long you have to move, and the fines and tows.
6 min readSnow Removal services in Fraser
Commercial Snow Removal
On a commercial site you are not really buying plowing. You are buying a lot that is open on time, and a record that holds up eighteen months later when a slip-and-fall claim arrives through an attorney.
$0.057 / sq ft · $150 minSnow Removal Pricing
Nearly every company in this county will not put a number on a web page. Here is ours, with the rate card and the arithmetic that produces it.
from $75 per visitSalting & Ice Management
Most ice complaints in this county are not a coverage problem. They are a chemistry problem — the wrong product spread at a temperature where it physically cannot work.
quoted with your plow priceSeasonal Snow Contracts
A seasonal contract is insurance, not a discount. Anyone selling it as a saving is describing their preference rather than your arithmetic.
quoted from measured sq ftSidewalk & Walkway Clearing
The driveway is where the car sits. The walk is where somebody falls — and it is the surface most contractors treat as an afterthought to the plowing.
from $75 per visitResidential Snow Removal
Most one- and two-car driveways in this county come in at exactly $75 a visit. You can check that yourself in about ten seconds, which is the point.
from $75 per visitSnow removal near Fraser
Distances are between community centers. All 26 communities we serve.
Book Fraser snow removal
Request a quote in two minutes, or price it on the calculator first. Past the trigger you never have to call. Routes fill through the fall.