Report says state roads, bridges aren’t better yet

by Fix MI State | May 3, 2017 | Roads & Bridges, Dams & Other, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Stormwater & Wastewater

LANSING, MI (WHTC) – Work on renovating Michigan’s transportation infrastructure can’t come soon enough. That’s an apparent conclusion coming from the 2016 Roads and Bridges Annual Report that the state Transportation Asset Management Council submitted to the...

Kalamazoo to remove hundreds of lead water pipes

by Fix MI State | May 2, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) – More than 200 lead water pipes will be removed from a southwest Michigan city this summer. MLive (http://bit.ly/2oU9UII ) reports the Kalamazoo City Commission approved a nearly $850,000 construction contract on Monday with Rieth-Riley...

Lawmakers reach deal on Fraser sinkhole aid

by Fix MI State | Apr 25, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater

Lansing – Legislative leaders and Gov. Rick Snyder have agreed to give Macomb County a $3 million grant to help repair a massive sinkhole in Fraser and will soon vote on legislation to send $100 million in federal water crisis funds to Flint. Senate Majority Leader...

Michigan’s Infrastructure: How Bad Is It?

by Fix MI State | Apr 20, 2017 | Dams & Other, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Roads & Bridges, Stormwater & Wastewater

These days, it seems like everyone — whether inside or outside of Michigan — is talking about infrastructure. In late January, for example, news sources reported on a preliminary list prepared by President Trump’s transition team that included about 50 possible...

Flooding leads to 38.7M gallon sewage spill into Grand River

by Fix MI State | Apr 18, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Flooding last week led to a spill of 38.7 million gallons of partially treated sewage into the Grand River from the the city’s Market Avenue Retention Basin. The millions of gallons of sewage spilled into the river over a course of two...

Digging begins for repair shaft at Fraser sinkhole

by Fix MI State | Apr 12, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater

Construction of the bypass for a sewer line that collapsed Christmas Eve and caused a massive sinkhole on 15 Mile near Hayes Road in Fraser has been completed. “That bypass has now been essentially completed in the last couple of days,” said Candice Miller, Macomb...