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...
by Fix MI State | Nov 28, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
CADILLAC — With winter just around the corner, snow, salted roads and plow trucks will soon be a common site on Cadillac-area roadways. Whether it’s in Missaukee, Osceola or Wexford counties, all road commission managers said they believe the local road systems...
by Fix MI State | Nov 24, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Coldwater Board of Public Utilities has announced that Michigan Avenue will be closed from Monday through Wednesday of next week between East State Street and Newton Road. The street closing will allow the CBPU to construct a new fiber...
by Fix MI State | Nov 20, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
The thousands of people expected to travel by air this holiday weekend should allow themselves extra time if they’re heading to Detroit Metro Airport. Construction projects that began this summer on Rogell and Lucas drives are nearly complete, but drivers will...
