by Fix MI State | Nov 25, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
A new report from the non-profit Volcker Alliance warns that repairs to the nation’s aging infrastructure could cost more than $1 trillion, or 5 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, a figure that represents the United States’ deferred maintenance costs for...
by Fix MI State | Nov 21, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
As many parts of Michigan’s infrastructure continues to crumble, the Michigan Department of Transportation is using new tools to help with critical bridge inspections. It may look similar to remote control toys, but the $50,000 unmanned boat is collecting data...
by Fix MI State | Nov 18, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Grosse Ile resident Mark Lane says his 16-year-old daughter was cut off, flipped off and yelled at in a road rage incident after Wayne County abruptly closed one of only two connections to the largest island in the Detroit River, lengthening commutes by an hour or...
by Fix MI State | Nov 18, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan roads are a big topic and concern for state lawmakers, but the state of the bridges are also raising some red flags. In June, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer visited a US-131 underpass in downtown Grand Rapids to push her budget plan, which included a significant...
by Fix MI State | Nov 18, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Following a 30-month closure, Canton Township’s new Lilley Road bridge was reopened to the public Monday afternoon — and not a moment too soon for neighboring residents who have grown tired of inconvenient detours. “Our 9-year-old daughter doesn’t...
by Fix MI State | Nov 15, 2019 | Stormwater & Wastewater
Michigan should spend the billions of dollars required to improve its fresh and storm water infrastructure, along the way creating thousands of new jobs and other economic dividends, according to a report from the advocacy group Environmental Entrepreneurs. While...
by Fix MI State | Nov 13, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan has the tenth worst roads in the country, according to a study from Consumer Affairs. The rankings were determined by calculating how much each state spends per mile of road, looking at the number of motor crash fatalities in each state, factoring in the...
by Fix MI State | Nov 13, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
We made it through construction season, but a different season is just getting started: Pothole season. Crumbling depressions in the road surface are the collective bane of many Michigan driver’s existence during the cold season. We asked some Kalamazoo...
by Fix MI State | Nov 11, 2019 | Dams & Other
They are not the biggest dams in the United States, not even close. Nor are the Upper and Lower Stony Lake Dams among the largest in Michigan but should they fail, someone could die. So, they are checked on a regular basis. “The state inspects it on a cycle of...
by Fix MI State | Nov 11, 2019 | Dams & Other
On a cold morning last March, Kenny Angel got a frantic knock on his door. Two workers from a utility company in northern Nebraska had come with a stark warning: Get out of your house. Just a little over a quarter-mile upstream, the 92-year-old Spencer Dam was...
