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...
by Fix MI State | Dec 5, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
After years of study and debate, the Michigan Department of Transportation is moving ahead with plans to rip out Detroit’s I-375 expressway and restore a surface street there. It won’t happen overnight. The soonest MDOT might move ahead is about 2022,...
by Fix MI State | Dec 1, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
Roads, bridges, and other infrastructure in Michigan are in pretty bad shape. Michigan does not have the money to tackle some of the biggest projects. Increasingly, transportation officials are turning to the private sector for help. These public-private partnerships...
by Fix MI State | Nov 28, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
The Michigan Department of Transportation will present its two “practical alternatives” for I-375 in Detroit to the public Dec. 5. The open house-style meeting will begin at 4 p.m. at the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Adventure Center at 1802...
