by Fix MI State | Jul 16, 2018 | Stormwater & Wastewater
George Cotton said the water had nowhere to go, “Uh, I would say 3-4 feet,” said George Cotton. The water flooded his basement, “You can see all the water and debris floating around and so forth,” said Cotton. A water main broke in front of his home on Friday, “It...
by Fix MI State | Jul 16, 2018 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
Water is central to Michigan’s identity. It is home to 104,252 square miles of water, the most in the contiguous United States. It has 11,000 inland lakes and 3,400miles of shoreline (Austin, Good, and Kolluri 2017). Water is vital to Michigan’s economy, and is used...
by Fix MI State | Jul 10, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
Recently this newspaper asked why 2,000-year-old Roman roads are still in good shape when Michigan pavements seem to decay regularly. A few years ago, at the request of legislators, my bureau at the Michigan Department of Transportation prepared pavement designs and...
by Fix MI State | Jul 9, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
Drivers should brace themselves for more cases of “buckling” roads so long as hot weather persists. Recent high temperatures in the 90s caused buckling on three Lansing-area highways at least six times since Saturday. Particularly troublesome was...
by Fix MI State | Jul 9, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
Hotter than average temperatures so far this summer are causing Michigan’s aging concrete roads to blow up. That’s not an exaggeration: from June 30 to July 4, 90-degree weather caused at least seven instances of highways buckling from extreme pressure....
by Fix MI State | Jul 2, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
The patchwork of infrastructure that transports us, connects us, brings us the utilities we use every day and supports the way we live is deteriorating, both above and below ground. The latest numbers from the Transportation Asset Management Council show 40 percent of...
by Fix MI State | Jul 2, 2018 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
Two dozen beaches across the state are closed or have contamination advisories because of elevated bacteria levels ahead of a scorching hot weekend forecast for metro Detroit. The beaches listed on the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Beach Guard...
by Fix MI State | Jul 2, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
Mound Road in Macomb County is one of the most infamous in the region for potholes. That’s why beginning Monday construction crews are blocking two northbound lanes on Mound Road between 14 Mile and 16 Mile roads in Sterling Heights. The project will be done in...
by Fix MI State | Jun 28, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
More than $700,000 in federal grant money will be used to help Fremont make road improvements, all with the aim of supporting and encouraging economic growth. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration recently awarded the city...
by Fix MI State | Jun 27, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
The Michigan Department of Transportation has designated the area around the I-75 and I-69 interchange as needing significant improvements. Engineers plan to outline the results of a study of the interchange and discuss possible options for improvements between...
