by Fix MI State | Apr 12, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater
Construction of the bypass for a sewer line that collapsed Christmas Eve and caused a massive sinkhole on 15 Mile near Hayes Road in Fraser has been completed. “That bypass has now been essentially completed in the last couple of days,” said Candice Miller, Macomb...
by Fix MI State | Apr 9, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater
KALAMAZOO, MI — More than 900 gallons of sewage flowed out of two locations in the city of Kalamazoo Saturday. First, the city’s Department of Public Services was notified at 12:14 p.m. of a sanitary sewer overflow from a manhole located east of 2024...
by Fix MI State | Apr 8, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater
SHIAWASSEE COUNTY, MI – Hundreds of thousands of gallons of partially treated sewage has been released after a sanitary system overflow at waste water treatment plants in Owosso and Durand. The Friday, April 7 announcement from Casey Elliott, environmental...
by Fix MI State | Apr 8, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater
The chilly spring wind was blowing the right way Wednesday. Residents on Eberlein Drive in Fraser caught a reprieve. The stench of human excrement wasn’t wafting through the neighborhood — this afternoon. But the hum of earth movers and the rattle of construction...
by Fix MI State | Apr 4, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
Detroit — A $1.2 billion a year infusion to fix Michigan’s aging roads and bridges won’t be enough to stop the decay over the next half-decade, according to a transportation advocacy report Tuesday. The report conducted by TRIP, a Washington, D.C.-based national...
by Fix MI State | Apr 3, 2017 | Dams & Other, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Roads & Bridges, Stormwater & Wastewater
Gov. Rick Snyder announced a pilot program today to start mapping the state’s infrastructure assets — including, roads, bridges, sewer lines, gas lines, electric lines, storm water pipes — in a digital system that would show them in 3D. “Modern infrastructure is...
by Fix MI State | Mar 31, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater
FLINT, MI – Sewage and storm water were discharged from the city’s wastewater treatment plant into the Flint River early Friday morning and health officials urge people to avoid contact downstream, the city said in a statement. The discharge was from the...
by Fix MI State | Mar 30, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
he sheer number of responses we have received about the worst areas for potholes in southeast Michigan proves how big of a problem this is. It’s March in Michigan, after all. But this is just the beginning. We are filtering through the data from...
by Fix MI State | Mar 21, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
Nearly 380,000 Michigan residents get their water from systems that would fail to meet a tough new lead-safety standard proposed by Gov. Rick Snyder, including those in Monroe, Bay City, Benton Harbor and Holland Township. More than three dozen public water systems...
by Fix MI State | Mar 21, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
LANSING – Fixing the city’s aging roads and sidewalks should be the top priority for the new mayor who’ll take office next year, according to a new poll of city voters. Nearly 60% of 300 likely voters said infrastructure is the top issue for a new...
