by Fix MI State | May 7, 2018 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Dams & Other, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Roads & Bridges
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder says a pilot project has provided a roadmap on how the state can establish a statewide asset management system to better manage roads, water pipelines and other infrastructure. Among the recommendations are ensuring that all participants in a...
by Fix MI State | May 6, 2018 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
When we turn on a faucet at our homes or businesses, we take for granted that it’s clean and safe to use, but during Drinking Water Week, May 6-12 in Michigan and nationally, we need to consider the role we, as water consumers, have in ensuring a reliable and clean...
by Fix MI State | May 6, 2018 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
Our state is still recovering from the Flint Water Crisis and many people who live in the city may never trust the drinking water again. But having safe and clean drinking water isn’t just a public health necessity; it’s also an economic one. This year’s...
by Fix MI State | May 5, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
As the weather gets warmer more potholes are springing up. The city of Lansing encourages residents to report them. One man came to us after finding out, just because the city claims a pothole is fixed doesn’t mean it actually is. As of April, Lansing has 1,046...
by Fix MI State | May 4, 2018 | Dams & Other
The Army Corps of Engineers had not heard from President Donald Trump as of Thursday about jump-starting the process to upgrade the Soo Locks after the president made a show last weekend of promising to immediately contact the agency. “We are not aware of the...
by Fix MI State | May 4, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
If Brighton voters approve a 4.3 mill tax increase for road improvements in August, it will be for a decade, not forever. The Brighton City Council voted to cap the millage at 10 years Thursday. Previously-approved ballot language had no end date for the millage....
by Fix MI State | May 4, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
Upgrades are coming to part of Dixie Highway. The U.S. Department of Commerce has awarded a $2 million grant to the Saginaw County Road Commission to improve Dixie Highway in Bridgeport Township. The project will reconstruct and expand 1.2 miles of Dixie Highway in...
by Fix MI State | May 4, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
Governor Rick Snyder announced the results of an infrastructure pilot program aiming to implement a statewide system to better manage things like Michigan’s roads, bridges, water, sewers and waste disposal pipelines. It comes after Snyder’s 2016 State of the State...
by Fix MI State | May 3, 2018 | Dams & Other
Congressman Bergman says he is doing what he can to help with the modernization of the Soo Locks. President Trump commented Saturday, April 28 on the need to update the Locks. Congressman Bergman says he was able to introduce the plan to President Trump and that the...
by Fix MI State | May 3, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
Travelers through downtown Birmingham will have one more hoop to jump through for the next week as crews continue to install new water mains. The city says eastbound Maple at Old Woodward will remain closed until May 11 so contractors can work on the installation of...
