by Fix MI State | Sep 12, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
Ann Arbor has a goal of getting 80 percent of its streets in good or better condition by 2025. More specifically, that means 80 percent rated at least 7 out of 10 on the PASER scale, a pavement rating system the city uses. But can it get there? A new memo from City...
by Fix MI State | Aug 22, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
The pothole problem in Northville Township has sprouted in a new way – literally. At least one disgruntled resident planted a small tree in a pothole on Sunnydale Lane, complete with notes reading “Fix Damn Potholes” and “I’m not drunk driving,...
by Fix MI State | Aug 20, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
We’re not going to fix the damn roads in Michigan — or damn bridges, or damn sewers, or damn water lines — without some damn money. Pithy slogans won’t fill a single pothole. Nor will shirking from the reality that the state’s decades-long neglect of its...
by Fix MI State | Aug 20, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
Any Michigan resident who has spent time traveling the country this summer knows how jarring it is to return to this state’s bumpy roadways. The Snyder administration would like to smooth out the roads with some additional funds that will be coming in from an expanded...
by Fix MI State | Aug 3, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
Badly paved roads are a constant headache for Michiganders. One Michigan native decided to take that headache and turn it into a game. Joey Stinson, 27, of Fenton, created “Get Up North,”an app where players swipe left and right to avoid potholes and those...
by Fix MI State | Jul 23, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
A Grand Rapids man says crumbling pieces of concrete are falling from I-196 and it’s dangerous to pedestrians and drivers. He sent video of it to 13 ON YOUR SIDE, asking for help. In it, Gordon Clark said, “All these chunks are coming from the overpass. This is...
