by Fix MI State | Aug 16, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
The John C. Lodge Freeway will be closed between Interstates 94 and 75 overnight Wednesday and Thursday, as crews “set beams” for the Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard bridge, the Michigan Department of Transportation announced Wednesday. The closures will...
by Fix MI State | Aug 10, 2017 | Dams & Other, Stormwater & Wastewater
The Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner’s Office is continuing repair and replace parts of Pontiac’s aging water and sewer systems. Over 50 percent of the water system in the city is over 80-years old, with an estimated cost of $90 million projected for...
by Fix MI State | Aug 9, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
LANSING – Part of a major Lansing thoroughfare will be closed entirely this weekend so crews can fix crumbling concrete. All northbound lanes of U.S. 127 will be closed between Interstate 496 and Lake Lansing Road beginning at 9 p.m. Friday and continuing until...
by Fix MI State | Aug 9, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
Drivers should expect to be slowed down on two state roads that the Michigan Department of Transportation plans to resurface starting next week. MDOT said in a news release that it expects construction to start Monday, Aug. 14, on M-15 from south of Lapeer Road to...
by Fix MI State | Aug 8, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN — Construction on two Southwest Michigan highways is set to begin next Monday. The Michigan Department of Transportation will be resurfacing 2.7 miles of M-66 from D Drive South to Glenn Cross Road in Calhoun Couty. The $547,000 project...
by Fix MI State | Aug 8, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Road construction crews are beginning several paving and milling projects in Battle Creek, some work managed by the city, with funding from the Michigan Department of Transportation. Another project underway is work in Michigan 66, which is being...
by Fix MI State | Aug 8, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Dams & Other
The City of Midland Wastewater Plant has notified the public of a sanitary sewer overflow event that occurred Monday night. A break in a sanitary sewer force main was discovered underneath N. Saginaw Road between Hillcrest Road and W. St. Andrews Road in Midland on...
by Fix MI State | Aug 7, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
BYRON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — M-6 drivers, get ready for more construction cones: The westbound lanes between I-196 and Byron Center Avenue in Kent and Ottawa counties will soon close. Michigan Department of Transportation spokesman John Richard said Monday the very...
by Fix MI State | Aug 7, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
MACKINAC COUNTY, Mi (WPBN/WGTU) — The Cut River Bridge on US-2 is now closed for a repair project. It gets inspected every year and last year, the Michigan Department of Transportation noticed its steel structured need to be repaired. US-2 is one of the first...
by Fix MI State | Aug 7, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Dams & Other
During the more than half-century of their existence, three major drains carrying storm water runoff — and possibly raw sewage — directly into Lake St. Clair have never been inspected. Until now. Starting this week, the drains that empty — unscreened and untreated...
