by Fix MI State | Nov 15, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
The state’s new Flex Route system on U.S. 23 near Ann Arbor began operations this morning. The Michigan Department of Transportation opened the special lanes for the first time in an attempt to ease traffic congestion caused by rush hour or crashes. The...
by Fix MI State | Nov 15, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
It’s a muddy, torn-up mess now. But lovers of the picturesque eastern side of Belle Isle will eventually see a rehabilitated Lake Okonoka featuring improved fishing habitat and recreational opportunities — and an open channel leading to the Detroit River,...
by Fix MI State | Nov 14, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
JACKSON, MI – Nearly seven months after construction began, W. Michigan Avenue is still closed in Jackson. But the road is scheduled to reopen by mid-December, Michigan Department of Transportation Engineer Ken Koepke said. The conversion of the downtown loop at...
by Fix MI State | Nov 13, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater
In September, Isabella County Commissionersapproved a resolution in favor of ensuring that a home’s septic system is inspected before it is sold. Why are people pushing for these new inspections? Because Michigan’s rivers, lakes and streams ‒ including the Chippewa...
by Fix MI State | Nov 10, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Dams & Other
Bursting pipes. Leaks. Public health scares. America is facing a crisis over its crumbling water infrastructure, and fixing it will be a monumental and expensive task. Two powerful industries, plastic and iron, are locked in a lobbying war over the estimated $300...
by Fix MI State | Nov 10, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
ANN ARBOR, MI – The state is almost done adding a third lane in both directions to U.S. 23 north of Ann Arbor. It’s designed to ease traffic congestion, but it’s not a standard highway travel lane. The so-called “Flex Route” is an extra...
by Fix MI State | Nov 9, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Dams & Other
Macomb County’s top two public works officials were warned in early 2013 that the 15 Mile Road sewer “was being eaten away” by corrosion and that a catastrophic collapse could result. That dire prediction in a report by an engineering firm was largely ignored and...
by Fix MI State | Nov 9, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
The Southfield Freeway and its service drives will close this weekend in Detroit from I-96 to Eight Mile Road for pedestrian bridge demolitions — one of three construction projects scheduled in the area this weekend. The M-39 freeway will be closed 9 p.m. Friday and...
by Fix MI State | Nov 9, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
JACKSON, MI – The link from E. Michigan Avenue to Louis Glick Highway was supposed to reopen on Saturday, Nov. 11. It won’t open again until the end of November. Equipment failure, emergency repairs elsewhere and Amtrak work at the railroad crossing are to...
by Fix MI State | Nov 8, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
DETROIT – Northbound I-75 traffic will shift Thursday morning in the Rouge River Bridge construction zone. The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) said northbound I-75 traffic — beginning north of Outer Drive — will be shifted onto the newly...
