by Fix MI State | Jun 1, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater
Green infrastructure is the focus of a conference at Detroit’s Cobo Center this week. The people behind it say it’s time to start thinking differently about how we handle storm water throughout the Great Lakes; but make sure we do it right. You can think about green...
by Fix MI State | May 30, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
Heads up, Detroit drivers: A stretch of the Lodge Freeway will be closed for a few days next month so crews can demolish the Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard bridge. The freeway will be shut down from 9 p.m. June 9 through 5 a.m. June 12 in each direction between I-75...
by Fix MI State | May 30, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan has no long-term plan to repair its crumbling infrastructure. That’s the message a coalition of engineers, businesses and public policy experts is telling state lawmakers gathering this week on Mackinac Island. The group points to studies by the Governor’s...
by Fix MI State | May 24, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
DETROIT – To help Memorial Day weekend traffic, MDOT is pausing some of its road projects and lane restrictions around the state. AAA Michigan estimates more than 1.2 million people from Michigan are expected to travel 50 miles or more from home during the...
by Fix MI State | May 24, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
The number of structurally deficient bridges in Livingston County dropped after the Michigan Department of Transportation completely reconstructed the interchange between Interstate 96 and U.S. 23 near Brighton in a project that ended last year. But no progress has...
by Fix MI State | May 23, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
Canton officials are surprised after a list of Wayne County road projects for this construction season failed to include a deteriorating stretch of Warren Road, between Canton Center and Beck. Officials say the anticipated repairs have been delayed until next year,...
by Fix MI State | May 22, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
DETROIT (WJBK) – There are more reports of flying concrete on the freeway in metro Detroit. This time a man claims a chunk of concrete, the size of a basketball, came crashing through his windshield on I-696. “It sounded like a gun shot went off. The next...
by Fix MI State | May 18, 2017 | Roads & Bridges, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
FRASER, Mich. (WXYZ) – Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller said there is the possibility that another sinkhole could happen in Macomb County if a damaged pipe is not taken care of. Miller and Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel spoke to...
by Fix MI State | May 18, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Dams & Other, Roads & Bridges, Stormwater & Wastewater
Michiganians have daily encounters with aging, crumbling and failing infrastructure. Our cars shake, rattle and roll down some of the nation’s worst roads. The Flint water crisis makes state and national news. Sinkholes from failing sewers swallow homes and crumble...
by Fix MI State | May 17, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
Officials announced Wednesday a $63 million road improvement plan for 2017 that will include 100 miles of residential and major street resurfacing. The project will include $4 million in road enhancements, bridge improvements and new bike paths, according to a release...
