by Fix MI State | May 17, 2017 | Roads & Bridges, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Stormwater & Wastewater
Warmer weather ushers in a season of picnics, proms and pool parties but with along with the fun comes another rite of summer — road construction. The orange barrels are visible around the state, and Dearborn is no exception. The city’s road projects and construction...
by Fix MI State | May 16, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
ANN ARBOR, MI – The city of Ann Arbor has reported yet another raw sewage spill into the Huron River. At about noon on Tuesday, May 16, a sanitary sewer overflow occurred in Nichols Arboretum near the entrance along Nichols Drive by the helipad next to the...
by Fix MI State | May 12, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater
ANN ARBOR, MI – A partially collapsed sewer pipe on a University of Michigan residential property led to a leak of sewage that percolated up around a parking lot on Glen Court on Friday, May 12. The property was located just off of Glen Court on Cornwell Place,...
by Fix MI State | May 11, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
BOYNE CITY — Residents in some portions of Charlevoix County’s Melrose, Evangeline and Bay townships will have a much longer drive to and from their homes for at least the next couple of months, a result of a culvert failure earlier this week that has prompted a road...
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...
