by Fix MI State | Jan 17, 2020 | Roads & Bridges
This article appeared in MLive. Read more here. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will work this year to “triage” failing roads, she told reporters ahead of a speech at the Great Lakes Bay Economic Club luncheon on Friday. “This year I am going to push forward with starting to...
by Fix MI State | Jan 17, 2020 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
According to city officials, water is still safe for consumption despite several recent water main breaks. In a citywide alert, officials announced Jan. 16 that three water main breaks had occured in the area of Eight Mile and Lahser roads. Larry Sirls, the manager of...
by Fix MI State | Jan 14, 2020 | Roads & Bridges
With leaders in Lansing bickering over how to fund much needed repairs for Michigan’s ailing roads and Gov. Whitmer’s proposed 45-cent gas tax DOA with the Republican controlled legislature, expect a new plan to be put forth in coming weeks. That according to MDOT...
by Fix MI State | Jan 14, 2020 | Roads & Bridges
The Oakland County Board of Commissioners are calling on state legislators to amend a 69-year-old law that determines how much money governments receive for road repairs. Public Act 51 of 1951 is the state’s funding mechanism that determines how revenue dollars...
by Fix MI State | Jan 14, 2020 | Roads & Bridges
The Michigan Department of Transportation intends to close the crumbling Mt. Elliott Street bridge by the end of January as part of a plan to replace four aging bridges over I-94 and I-75 in Detroit this year. The 65-year-old Mt. Elliott Street bridge, part of which...
by Fix MI State | Jan 14, 2020 | Roads & Bridges
With the Michigan Legislature returning to session, finding a new source for funding new road funding is top of mind for the governor and lawmakers. The governor is considering selling bonds to pay for the roads after GOP leadership rejected her gas tax increase...
by Fix MI State | Jan 7, 2020 | Roads & Bridges
The LSJ Editorial Board is a four-member body, speaking for the Lansing State Journal as an institution on issues that impact the community. We craft editorials to help elevate conversations around these topics, with the hope of positively affecting change in the...
by Fix MI State | Jan 6, 2020 | Roads & Bridges
It was a rocky first year of divided government, and none of Michigan’s leaders deny it. But Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Republican legislative leaders in the House and Senate say they’re going into 2020 wiser, relationships strengthened, to tackle the...
by Fix MI State | Jan 3, 2020 | Stormwater & Wastewater
A broken force main pipe on Bunton Road caused about 50 gallons of sewage to overflow in Augusta Township on New Year’s Eve, the line’s owner announced Thursday. F&V Operations and Resource Management said on Jan. 2 that the old pipe had reached the end of its...
by Fix MI State | Jan 3, 2020 | Dams & Other
The Sturgis Dam was built more than a century ago as an economic development project for the city of Sturgis. Michigan’s first municipal water power plant, the dam became operational in 1911 along the St. Joseph River near the Langley Covered Bridge in Centreville....
