by Fix MI State | Dec 26, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
Bay City – A Michigan bridge is closing for three months to undergo repairs costing $1.45 million. Independence Bridge in Bay City will close next month so crews can replace the bascule span deck grating, span stringers and sidewalks, the Bay City Times reported . The...
by Fix MI State | Dec 23, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Roads & Bridges
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Officials have issued boil water advisories in Kalamazoo after two water main breaks in separate areas of the city. Impacted areas of the water main break include: Texel Drive – From Gertrude Street south to East Main Street, both sides of the...
by Fix MI State | Dec 21, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
JACKSON, Mich. (WLNS) — It’s something that drivers in Jackson have been looking forward to all year, traffic on Michigan Avenue going in both directions. 6 News has the latest on this massive construction project and how businesses are reacting. Traffic moving in...
by Fix MI State | Dec 14, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
KALAMAZOO, MI – As Tim Hopkins sat idling in his taxicab, blocked by a freight train and going nowhere fast, railroad and city officials sat inside a building a block away talking about train delays. “We’re trying to get (passengers) to their...
by Fix MI State | Dec 13, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
Third Street, a one-way, multi-lane road through the heart of Detroit’s Midtown neighborhood, is going to be shut down over I-94. There’s not a definite timeline from the Michigan Department of Transportation on when the bridge will be repaired. According to MDOT,...
by Fix MI State | Dec 6, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
SOUTH HAVEN — Sometime in 2018 Business Loop 196 in South Haven may be going on a “road diet.” The “diet” would consist of reducing the number of lanes on the state trunkline to allow for safer pedestrian and bicycle use. If it becomes a reality, the diet would take...