by Fix MI State | Mar 6, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
PONTIAC, Mich. – The Oakland County Board of Commissioners has authorized $1.5 million in funding to the Local Road Improvement Program, providing a $3 million investment in road maintenance. “The ongoing, long-term lack of investment in road...
by Fix MI State | Mar 2, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
How bad are Michigan’s roads? In York Township near Ann Arbor, a several-mile stretch of Platt Road between Willis and Bemis is so bad that the the Washtenaw County road officials have closed it indefinitely. “The pavement is falling apart,” said...
by Fix MI State | Feb 25, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
For the Detroit’s Sucher Tire Services Inc., it’s the best of times. The 96-year old business is serving more clients than it has in 30 years thanks to metro Detroit’s early start to “pothole season.” For those not in the repair business,...
by Fix MI State | Feb 25, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
Oakland County Road Commission crews were on the scene Sunday of a massive sinkhole that formed when a culvert failed over the weekend in a neighborhood in Oxford Township. Craig Bryson, a spokesman for the road commission, said he a culvert under Wood Trail failed...
by Fix MI State | Feb 23, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
In Detroit, potholes aren’t just a nuisance, they’re a public safety issue. So many vehicles became disabled by unavoidable tire-hungry road craters along Interstate 75 in the area of McNichols in Detroit on Thursday, that Detroit Police Chief James Craig...