by Fix MI State | Dec 5, 2016 | Roads & Bridges
If your daily commute includes driving south on I-75 from Detroit, mark your calendar for the weekend of Feb. 4 and maybe stock up on a few dozen extra audio books. That’s the planned date for the start of a two-year closure of the southbound lanes in order to...
by Fix MI State | Dec 1, 2016 | Stormwater & Wastewater
Detroit — When torrential rains flooded east side basements with sewer water this summer, less than half of the pumps meant to keep the water at bay were operating. Early findings from an investigation into the July and August sewage backups commissioned by the...
by Fix MI State | Nov 18, 2016 | Roads & Bridges
Drivers heading Downriver next year are in for a major headache. Starting early next year, all southbound lanes of I-75 will shut down from Detroit to Brownstown Township until 2018 as the state begins a two-year, $165-million reconstruction project that includes...
by Fix MI State | Nov 15, 2016 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
Troy’s boil-water advisory, which owed to a water main that broke early Sunday morning, has been lifted after three days. The city’s announcement came in just before 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. While the break of the 84-inch water main and the water pressure — and...
by Fix MI State | Nov 10, 2016 | Roads & Bridges
In a big step forward for the Gordie Howe International Bridge project, the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority on Thursday announced that it has issued the formal request for proposals to three teams of finalists vying to build the massive span. Those three teams, each...