by Fix MI State | May 18, 2017 | Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Roads & Bridges
FRASER, Mich. (WXYZ) – Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller said there is the possibility that another sinkhole could happen in Macomb County if a damaged pipe is not taken care of. Miller and Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel spoke to...
by Fix MI State | May 18, 2017 | Dams & Other, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Roads & Bridges, Stormwater & Wastewater
Michiganians have daily encounters with aging, crumbling and failing infrastructure. Our cars shake, rattle and roll down some of the nation’s worst roads. The Flint water crisis makes state and national news. Sinkholes from failing sewers swallow homes and crumble...
by Fix MI State | May 17, 2017 | Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Roads & Bridges, Stormwater & Wastewater
Warmer weather ushers in a season of picnics, proms and pool parties but with along with the fun comes another rite of summer — road construction. The orange barrels are visible around the state, and Dearborn is no exception. The city’s road projects and construction...
by Fix MI State | May 16, 2017 | Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Stormwater & Wastewater
ANN ARBOR, MI – The city of Ann Arbor has reported yet another raw sewage spill into the Huron River. At about noon on Tuesday, May 16, a sanitary sewer overflow occurred in Nichols Arboretum near the entrance along Nichols Drive by the helipad next to the...
by Fix MI State | May 11, 2017 | Dams & Other, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Roads & Bridges, Stormwater & Wastewater
Roads, bridges, sewer lines, water systems and all the other infrastructure in the state is, by multiple assessments, in trouble in Michigan. Two studies say the state needs to spend $4 billion a year. The governor wants at least $1.2 billion a year more to get...
by Fix MI State | May 3, 2017 | Dams & Other, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Roads & Bridges, Stormwater & Wastewater
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – Work on renovating Michigan’s transportation infrastructure can’t come soon enough. That’s an apparent conclusion coming from the 2016 Roads and Bridges Annual Report that the state Transportation Asset Management Council submitted to the...
