by Fix MI State | Mar 20, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
LANSING — It’s time to raise the federal gas tax to help fix Michigan’s ravaged roads, Gov. Rick Snyder said Tuesday. Snyder, a Republican who is under fire along with state lawmakers over the sorry shape of Michigan’s roads, said the state has taken steps to increase...
by Fix MI State | Mar 19, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. (WXYZ) – Pothole pain has reached a new depth in Bloomfield Hills, so much so that a street in one neighborhood has almost fully collapsed. It’s on Devonbrook Dr. near Long Lake and Telegraph, and the entire road is now blocked off...
by Fix MI State | Mar 18, 2018 | Roads & Bridges, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Stormwater & Wastewater
Imagine that a water main feeding a town breaks, and not fixing it because there isn’t money in the budget. We’re celebrating a rite of spring in Michigan, meaning the annual pothole, or road crater, rant, and some of these roads are as dangerous as an interruption in...
by Fix MI State | Mar 17, 2018 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Roads & Bridges
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A Kalamazoo water main break has prompted a boil water advisory near West Main Avenue between Wealthy Street and Coolidge Avenue. The advisory stretches on both the north and south sides of West Main Avenue. Cloisters Condominiums are currently not...
by Fix MI State | Mar 15, 2018 | Roads & Bridges, Dams & Other, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Stormwater & Wastewater
Drive on any pothole-ridden street, and it’s clear: Michigan has an infrastructure problem. Solutions, though, aren’t so easy. That’s partly because the cost of a solution, estimated at $4 billion annually, is so vast, according to experts Wednesday at Michigan...
by Fix MI State | Mar 13, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
Every driver knows how bad the roads are in southeastern Michigan, especially those motorists sitting in tire shops getting a new tire or wheel from dive-bombing into a pothole. But how bad, really, are the roads? Pretty bad, according to the Southeast Michigan...
