City candidates talk infrastructure spending

by Fix MI State | Sep 28, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Roads & Bridges

TRAVERSE CITY — Infrastructure needs will force Traverse City leaders to prioritize millions in spending for years to come. The city’s six-year capital improvement plan includes high-dollar bridge, road, water and sewer projects, among others. Plus, a consultant...

Croswell, Deckerville get more than $3 million in infrastructure grants

by Fix MI State | Sep 27, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters

Two Sanilac County communities are getting grants worth more than $3.1 million to upgrade their water systems. The city of Croswell has been awarded $1,881,000 in Community Development Block Grant Infrastructure Capacity Enhancement dollars. The city will match the...

Michigan communities get $23.2 million for infrastructure projects

by Fix MI State | Sep 27, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters

Fourteen Michigan communities will soon get the opportunity to see improvements or upgrades to their existing public infrastructure systems. Bad Axe, Coleman, Lapeer, and 11 other communities around the state have been awarded $23.2 million in Community Development...

Let the poop flow! $70M sinkhole repair project completed on Fraser interceptor line

by Fix MI State | Sep 26, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Dams & Other

Let it flow, let it flow, let it flow. Nine months after a collapse in a major sewer line on 15 Mile Road created a giant sinkhole in Fraser, a new pipe started carrying the waste of more than 500,000  Macomb County residents Tuesday. Who would have guessed officials...

Great Lakes Commission calls for $271 billion to improve public water systems

by Fix MI State | Sep 22, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters

The Great Lakes region needs to drastically improve public water systems, state leaders have said. The Great Lakes Commission this week called for upgrading wastewater treatment plants, storm water pipes and drinking water filtration systems. The commission, which...

Health advisory issued for Grand River after sewage spill

by Fix MI State | Sep 14, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (WOOD) — Ottawa County health officials have issued a no body contact advisory for a portion of the Grand River after a sewage spill. The Ottawa County Department of Public Health issued the no body contact advisory Wednesday after the Grand...