by Fix MI State | Mar 6, 2018 | Roads & Bridges, Dams & Other, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Stormwater & Wastewater
For years, Michigan has underinvested in infrastructure. In 2016, a task force appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder attempted to put a dollar figure on it: $4 billion. As in, Michigan would need to spend $4 billion more every year for decades just to keep up repairs on the...
by Fix MI State | Mar 2, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
How bad are Michigan’s roads? In York Township near Ann Arbor, a several-mile stretch of Platt Road between Willis and Bemis is so bad that the the Washtenaw County road officials have closed it indefinitely. “The pavement is falling apart,” said...
by Fix MI State | Feb 25, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
For the Detroit’s Sucher Tire Services Inc., it’s the best of times. The 96-year old business is serving more clients than it has in 30 years thanks to metro Detroit’s early start to “pothole season.” For those not in the repair business,...
by Fix MI State | Feb 25, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
Oakland County Road Commission crews were on the scene Sunday of a massive sinkhole that formed when a culvert failed over the weekend in a neighborhood in Oxford Township. Craig Bryson, a spokesman for the road commission, said he a culvert under Wood Trail failed...
by Fix MI State | Feb 23, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
In Detroit, potholes aren’t just a nuisance, they’re a public safety issue. So many vehicles became disabled by unavoidable tire-hungry road craters along Interstate 75 in the area of McNichols in Detroit on Thursday, that Detroit Police Chief James Craig...
by Fix MI State | Feb 23, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
There are potholes, and then there are potholes. A massive crater caused by heavy rains and melting snow forced the closure Friday of McWain Road south of Baldwin in Grand Blanc Township. The hole was so deep that the Grand Blanc Police Department shared a photo on...
