by Fix MI State | Sep 30, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
BRIGHTON, MI – The team behind the new I-96/U.S. 23 interchange near Brighton has won a national transportation award. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials awarded first place in the “highways” category to design...
by Fix MI State | Sep 28, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
A drive down Hillsdale’s most crumbling roads may no longer feel like a sudden, unsolicited stint on an old, wooden rollercoaster. Mayoral candidates current Mayor Scott Sessions and City Councilman Adam Stockford have pledged to fix Hillsdale’s disintegrating roads,...
by Fix MI State | Sep 28, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Roads & Bridges
TRAVERSE CITY — Infrastructure needs will force Traverse City leaders to prioritize millions in spending for years to come. The city’s six-year capital improvement plan includes high-dollar bridge, road, water and sewer projects, among others. Plus, a consultant...
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...
