by Fix MI State | Sep 27, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
Two Sanilac County communities are getting grants worth more than $3.1 million to upgrade their water systems. The city of Croswell has been awarded $1,881,000 in Community Development Block Grant Infrastructure Capacity Enhancement dollars. The city will match the...
by Fix MI State | Sep 27, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
Fourteen Michigan communities will soon get the opportunity to see improvements or upgrades to their existing public infrastructure systems. Bad Axe, Coleman, Lapeer, and 11 other communities around the state have been awarded $23.2 million in Community Development...
by Fix MI State | Sep 27, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
JACKSON, MI – Nine miles of I-94 will be resurfaced by the Michigan Department of Transportation, starting Sunday, Oct. 1. The resurfacing, expected to take four weeks to complete, will occur at night, causing single-lane closures from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday...
by Fix MI State | Sep 26, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan Department of Transportation inspectors look closely at the metal welds, the wire ties and the concrete pours on the construction of the I-75 bridge over the Rouge River in Southwest Detroit. But every once in a while, they pause and take in the spectacular...
by Fix MI State | Sep 26, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Dams & Other
Let it flow, let it flow, let it flow. Nine months after a collapse in a major sewer line on 15 Mile Road created a giant sinkhole in Fraser, a new pipe started carrying the waste of more than 500,000 Macomb County residents Tuesday. Who would have guessed officials...
by Fix MI State | Sep 25, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
LANSING — A plan to have the private sector pay for construction and maintenance of part of the busy I-75 corridor in Oakland County will be the largest public-private transportation project in state history, Michigan transportation administrators said. The plan to...
by Fix MI State | Sep 22, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
The Great Lakes region needs to drastically improve public water systems, state leaders have said. The Great Lakes Commission this week called for upgrading wastewater treatment plants, storm water pipes and drinking water filtration systems. The commission, which...
by Fix MI State | Sep 21, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
Fort Gratiot is dreading the closure of 24th Avenue for a spring bridge project. The Michigan Department of Transportation is planning to replace the bridge over the Howe Drain, which is in front of the mall containing TJ Maxx, between Krafft Road and Heritage Drive....
by Fix MI State | Sep 20, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
JACKSON, MI – On a scale of 1 to 10, the average Jackson street has a lowly 3.743 rating. On the Pavement Surface Evaluation and Rating (PASER) scale, a 10 is a brand new road while a road with a 1 has nearly reverted to gravel. Roads were most recently...
by Fix MI State | Sep 20, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
PARMA TWP., MI – By the end of this construction season, more than six miles of Erie Road will have a new asphalt surface. The stretch from Parma Road to the west Jackson County border is scheduled to begin Friday, Sept. 22, weather permitting. The road remains...
