by Fix MI State | Apr 7, 2020 | Stormwater & Wastewater
An excess of wastewater from the weekend rainfall caused an “unanticipated bypass” at the Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority, officials said this week. The capacity of one of the Wastewater Treatment Plant’s steps was exceeded on Saturday, March 28, in the...
by Fix MI State | Mar 16, 2020 | Stormwater & Wastewater
City officials have reported a sewage spill at the University of Michigan’s Nichols Arboretum, a public nature area with walking trails along the Huron River. The city was notified of a manhole in the Arb with water leaking from it at about 3:30 p.m. Saturday, March...
by Fix MI State | Jan 17, 2020 | Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
According to city officials, water is still safe for consumption despite several recent water main breaks. In a citywide alert, officials announced Jan. 16 that three water main breaks had occured in the area of Eight Mile and Lahser roads. Larry Sirls, the manager of...
by Fix MI State | Jan 14, 2020 | Roads & Bridges
The Oakland County Board of Commissioners are calling on state legislators to amend a 69-year-old law that determines how much money governments receive for road repairs. Public Act 51 of 1951 is the state’s funding mechanism that determines how revenue dollars...
by Fix MI State | Jan 14, 2020 | Roads & Bridges
The Michigan Department of Transportation intends to close the crumbling Mt. Elliott Street bridge by the end of January as part of a plan to replace four aging bridges over I-94 and I-75 in Detroit this year. The 65-year-old Mt. Elliott Street bridge, part of which...
