by Fix MI State | May 11, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Dams & Other, Roads & Bridges, Stormwater & Wastewater
Roads, bridges, sewer lines, water systems and all the other infrastructure in the state is, by multiple assessments, in trouble in Michigan. Two studies say the state needs to spend $4 billion a year. The governor wants at least $1.2 billion a year more to get...
by Fix MI State | May 10, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater
ANN ARBOR, MI – A blockage in a sanitary sewer pipe on Sunday, May 7, led to an estimated overflow of 100 gallons near the intersection of Miller Avenue and Pinetree Street, according to the city of Ann Arbor. The overflow occurred at approximately 11 a.m....
by Fix MI State | May 10, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
YPSILANTI, MI – A section of eastbound Michigan Avenue in Ypsilanti is closed for at least three days while crews repair failed storm water line that’s created a 20-foot-long cavity below the road pavement. The Michigan Department of Transportation reports...
by Fix MI State | May 8, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater
NORVELL TWP., MI – About 7,000 gallons of raw diluted sewage leaked Saturday near Vineyard Lake in Norvell Township. The “spillage area” on Vineyard Lane at the northeast end of the lake was contained to the storm ditches. It at no time affected the...
by Natalie Kozma | May 8, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Roads & Bridges
FRASER, Mich. (AP) — Dora Linda Nishihara was driving in San Antonio one dark evening in early December when she suddenly disappeared from sight. Later, her car, with her body inside, was found at the bottom of a 12-foot-deep water-filled sinkhole that had swallowed...
by Fix MI State | May 8, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater
NORVELL TWP., MI – About 7,000 gallons of raw diluted sewage leaked Saturday near Vineyard Lake in Norvell Township. The “spillage area” on Vineyard Lane at the northeast end of the lake was contained to the storm ditches. It at no time affected the...
by Fix MI State | May 8, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater
More cracks and fracturing have been found along an 11-foot-wide sewer interceptor that created a house swallowing sinkhole in Fraser when a portion of the line collapsed in December. To avoid another sinkhole, members of the board that oversees the drainage district...
by Fix MI State | May 5, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) — It may seem like ancient history given all the political developments, but just two years ago we were in a full blown argument in this state about how, and even if, we should spend more money on roads and infrastructure. A big ballot plan,...
by Fix MI State | May 4, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater
ANN ARBOR, MI – An estimated 200 gallons of sewage overflowed from a broken pipe near the Nichols Arboretum along Nichols Drive on Wednesday, May 3, according to the University of Michigan. The sanitary sewer overflow occurred at approximately 11 a.m. Wednesday,...
by Fix MI State | May 4, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater
GAYLORD — As spring has emerged in the area, downtown Gaylord is getting a facelift — both on the surface and beneath the surface. Joe Duff, Gaylord city manager, said the downtown development project work on two blocks of South Otsego Avenue from Main Street to...
