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...
by Fix MI State | Nov 5, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
KALAMAZOO, MI – Maintenance work on the Paterson Street Bridge is being postponed until spring of 2018, according to the Kalamazoo Department of Public Works. That means the structure, located on East Paterson Street between Harrison Street and Riverview Drive...
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...
