by Fix MI State | Nov 3, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
HILLSDALE — Michigan Department of Transportation representatives from the Jackson Transportation Service Center and University Region Office met with Hillsdale County representatives Wednesday morning during the 2018 Hillsdale County Traffic Summit. Discussion...
by Fix MI State | Nov 3, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
Every Michigander knows that roads in the state aren’t the best and Old Town residents have experienced that first-hand. “The roads are just not smooth in anyway shape or form,” said Jamie Schriner, Old Town Commercial Association board president. The state of...
by Fix MI State | Nov 3, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Dams & Other, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Roads & Bridges
In multiple stories over the past year, Bridge Magazine has focused on shameful and alarming examples of Michigan’s aging, failing and overwhelmed infrastructure. Sadly, as one Bridge headline so accurately noted, our Legislature’s answer has been “ignore everything.”...
by Fix MI State | Nov 2, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
DETROIT – Here is the list of Michigan Department of Transportation weekend construction projects for Nov. 3 through Nov. 5. Here’s the full list from MDOT for Aug. 18-21 (all projects weather dependent): Detroit-Windsor Tunnel CLOSED Sun-Thu overnights,...
by Fix MI State | Oct 31, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
The Michigan highway department is installing a variety of safety features on more than 400 miles of roadways in southwest Michigan including some in Calhoun County. The projects include work on a 4 1/2 mile section of M-37 from Morgan Road to the Barry County line...
by Fix MI State | Oct 30, 2017 | Roads & Bridges, Stormwater & Wastewater
Michigan Department of Transportation officials said drainage improvements made along a flood-prone stretch of U.S. 31 in recent years were overpowered last week when Tannery Creek also overran with water. The flooding that occurred on Tuesday was a familiar...
by Fix MI State | Oct 30, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
FLINT, MI — Seventy-one water systems in Michigan now have higher lead levels than the city of Flint, results of the most recent federally-required testing shows. Water sampling in Flint from January through June showed the city’s 90th percentile for lead...
by Fix MI State | Oct 26, 2017 | Dams & Other, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Roads & Bridges, Stormwater & Wastewater
The U.S. economy is the largest in the world, topping a GDP of $18.6 trillion in 2016. An economic powerhouse as massive and diversified as the United States depends on a network of highways, bridges, airports, and dams to thrive. And while the economy has grown every...
by Fix MI State | Oct 26, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
When a massive water main broke this week in Oakland County and made tap water unsafe to drink for 305,000 residents, a top utility official called the mishap “unprecedented.” Experts fear it could be something else: a byproduct of aging infrastructure in Michigan...
by Fix MI State | Oct 25, 2017 | Dams & Other, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
(WWJ) Repairs should begin this morning on the broken water main in west Oakland County that is affecting more than 300,000 people. WWJ’s Charlie Langton was there when a new section of water main arrived at the site of Monday night’s break in Farmington Hills....
