by Fix MI State | Nov 13, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan has the tenth worst roads in the country, according to a study from Consumer Affairs. The rankings were determined by calculating how much each state spends per mile of road, looking at the number of motor crash fatalities in each state, factoring in the...
by Fix MI State | Nov 13, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
We made it through construction season, but a different season is just getting started: Pothole season. Crumbling depressions in the road surface are the collective bane of many Michigan driver’s existence during the cold season. We asked some Kalamazoo...
by Fix MI State | Nov 11, 2019 | Dams & Other
They are not the biggest dams in the United States, not even close. Nor are the Upper and Lower Stony Lake Dams among the largest in Michigan but should they fail, someone could die. So, they are checked on a regular basis. “The state inspects it on a cycle of...
by Fix MI State | Nov 11, 2019 | Dams & Other
On a cold morning last March, Kenny Angel got a frantic knock on his door. Two workers from a utility company in northern Nebraska had come with a stark warning: Get out of your house. Just a little over a quarter-mile upstream, the 92-year-old Spencer Dam was...
by Fix MI State | Nov 8, 2019 | Dams & Other
Michigan is home to more than 2,615 dams. About a week ago, one of those dams failed in Argentine Township. A broken gate resulted in Lobdell and Bennett lakes losing approximately 11 inches of water over the course of about five days. Dams are monitored by the...
