by Fix MI State | Dec 24, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
A roadway that was closed after a sewer line collapse caused a massive Fraser sinkhole has reopened to traffic. A ribbon-cutting took place for 15 Mile Road at the site of the Christmas Eve collapse before it reopened Tuesday morning. Macomb County Public Works...
by Fix MI State | Dec 5, 2018 | Stormwater & Wastewater
Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced that USDA is investing $1.2 billion to help rebuild and improve rural water infrastructure for 936,000 rural Americans living in 46 states. “Access to water is a key driver for economic...
by Fix MI State | Nov 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
Sixty-one years ago today, the Mackinac Bridge opened, connecting Michigan’s Lower and Upper peninsulas. “Mighty Mac” is the longest suspension bridge in the Western Hemisphere – at 12,826 feet – and is a symbol of Michigan’s most celebrated infrastructure...
by Fix MI State | Sep 12, 2018 | Stormwater & Wastewater
Contractors and city staff discussed a completed $289,000 storm and sanitary sewer study at this week’s Midland City Council meeting. Though the study is complete with highlights of the main problems in infrastructure and different options for improvements, it...
by Fix MI State | Sep 12, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
Ann Arbor has a goal of getting 80 percent of its streets in good or better condition by 2025. More specifically, that means 80 percent rated at least 7 out of 10 on the PASER scale, a pavement rating system the city uses. But can it get there? A new memo from City...
by Fix MI State | Aug 22, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
The pothole problem in Northville Township has sprouted in a new way – literally. At least one disgruntled resident planted a small tree in a pothole on Sunnydale Lane, complete with notes reading “Fix Damn Potholes” and “I’m not drunk driving,...
by Fix MI State | Aug 20, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
We’re not going to fix the damn roads in Michigan — or damn bridges, or damn sewers, or damn water lines — without some damn money. Pithy slogans won’t fill a single pothole. Nor will shirking from the reality that the state’s decades-long neglect of its...
by Fix MI State | Aug 20, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
Any Michigan resident who has spent time traveling the country this summer knows how jarring it is to return to this state’s bumpy roadways. The Snyder administration would like to smooth out the roads with some additional funds that will be coming in from an expanded...
by Fix MI State | Aug 20, 2018 | Dams & Other
The Blackhawk Dam along the Coldwater River is in a “stage of failure” and significant flooding is possible, according to a statement released by Branch County Emergency Management. The dam’s failure and flood warning were announced around noon...
by Fix MI State | Aug 6, 2018 | Stormwater & Wastewater
The water pipeline that burst open and flooded a historic street in Midtown late last month was laid below the cobblestone-covered street when Grover Cleveland was president. That there’s a 132-year-old 30-inch water main supplying water to one of...
