by Fix MI State | Dec 14, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
KALAMAZOO, MI – As Tim Hopkins sat idling in his taxicab, blocked by a freight train and going nowhere fast, railroad and city officials sat inside a building a block away talking about train delays. “We’re trying to get (passengers) to their...
by Fix MI State | Dec 13, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
Third Street, a one-way, multi-lane road through the heart of Detroit’s Midtown neighborhood, is going to be shut down over I-94. There’s not a definite timeline from the Michigan Department of Transportation on when the bridge will be repaired. According to MDOT,...
by Fix MI State | Dec 13, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Dams & Other
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — State legislators on Wednesday quickly approved spending $23.2 million to address what state regulators said is an emerging problem of drinking water contamination caused by chemicals used in firefighting foams, cleaning products and industrial...
by Fix MI State | Dec 12, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
GLADSTONE — A $770,004 state grant that will fund the creation of plans to manage Gladstone’s stormwater and wastewater infrastructure as well as pay for a study to update the city’s wastewater plant were accepted by commissioners during their regular meeting Monday....
by Fix MI State | Dec 11, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Stormwater & Wastewater
BELMONT, MI — Plainfield Township is taking steps to remove all fluorochemicals from its municipal water supply even though officials say it’s already safe to drink. The Township Board voted unanimously Monday night, Dec. 11, to approve $400,000 in...
by Fix MI State | Dec 6, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
SOUTH HAVEN — Sometime in 2018 Business Loop 196 in South Haven may be going on a “road diet.” The “diet” would consist of reducing the number of lanes on the state trunkline to allow for safer pedestrian and bicycle use. If it becomes a reality, the diet would take...
by Fix MI State | Dec 5, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
After years of study and debate, the Michigan Department of Transportation is moving ahead with plans to rip out Detroit’s I-375 expressway and restore a surface street there. It won’t happen overnight. The soonest MDOT might move ahead is about 2022,...
by Fix MI State | Dec 1, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
Roads, bridges, and other infrastructure in Michigan are in pretty bad shape. Michigan does not have the money to tackle some of the biggest projects. Increasingly, transportation officials are turning to the private sector for help. These public-private partnerships...
by Fix MI State | Nov 29, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Dams & Other
Gov. Rick Snyder’s administration is planning to require the replacement of every underground lead service pipe in Michigan within 20 years while delaying by four years a deadline to implement the nation’s toughest lead limit for drinking water, in the...
by Fix MI State | Nov 28, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
The Michigan Department of Transportation will present its two “practical alternatives” for I-375 in Detroit to the public Dec. 5. The open house-style meeting will begin at 4 p.m. at the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Adventure Center at 1802...
