by Fix MI State | Oct 11, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
Commuting could be slow for many Metro Detroit motorists next year as state transportation officials plan to spend at least several months and $90 million overhauling a roughly 10 mile stretch of Interstate 696 in Macomb County. All westbound lanes are expected to be...
by Fix MI State | Oct 10, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
Just when you thought road construction in Macomb County couldn’t get any crazier, state officials Tuesday announced a $90 million project that will close the entire span of westbound Interstate 696 starting in the spring. The Michigan Department of Transportation...
by Fix MI State | Oct 6, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Stormwater & Wastewater
The Detroit branch NAACP hosted an event Friday to raise awareness about Detroit’s aging water infrastructure, and to call on the federal government to update and repair it. Detroit’s situation is part of a nationwide infrastructure crisis, but the need is...
by Fix MI State | Oct 4, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
DETROIT (WXYZ) – Southbound I-75 is closed at Clark St. in southwest Detroit to demolish a dangerous bridge. According to the Michigan Department of Transportation, the Junction St. bridge is dangerous and they will eventually tear down the bridge. It was...
by Fix MI State | Oct 2, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
Back in early summer I went to see Candice Miller, the former congresswoman who is now Macomb County Public Works Commissioner. She was mainly concerned with dealing with the now-famous sewer collapse that happened in Sterling Heights last Christmas. Miller is far...