by Fix MI State | Jun 8, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
Nearly $98 million in federal transportation grant money could be coming to rebuild and revamp the Mound Road corridor in Macomb County — funds officials and business leaders were hoping for to do a $185-million upgrade to the heavily traveled, north-south...
by Fix MI State | Jun 8, 2018 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
Lake St. Clair and the surrounding land are becoming cleaner and more boater and fisher friendly, but more can be done to address illicit drain and sewer issues, officials said Wednesday. At the seventh annual State of Lake St. Clair address, Macomb County Executive...
by Fix MI State | May 31, 2018 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
Lake St. Clair has worse E. coli bacterial contamination than Lake Erie. And goose poop — not humans — is the source of much of the E. coli readings being found along the Detroit River. Those are some of the early takeaways from a Canadian water quality study at the...
by Fix MI State | May 30, 2018 | Stormwater & Wastewater
Residents in a Detroit neighborhood are unhappy that their streets are still flooded hours after heavy rains came through the area on Friday and Saturday. The standing water on Laing St. at Morang forced some drivers to go different routes rather than trying to drive...
by Fix MI State | May 30, 2018 | Stormwater & Wastewater
While Madison Heights does not directly abut the Clinton River or Lake St. Clair, the city is still home to the Red Run Drain. And while there’s a treatment facility that handles much of the water passing through it, there are still overflow situations where runoff...
