by Fix MI State | Jun 7, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
Pam Taylor, a woman I admire a great deal, lives in a rural community in Lenawee County, not far from the Ohio border, a place where her family has been farming since 1837. You wouldn’t call her lifestyle wild and crazy. A retired teacher in late middle age, she...
by Fix MI State | Jun 7, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
Sturgis Township Board of Trustees voted unanimously Monday to apply for $75,000 from a St. Joseph County infrastructure loan fund, to help finance subdivision road repair. Trustees also voted to add roads in up to five more residential subdivisions to its summer...
by Fix MI State | Jun 7, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Dams & Other
WASHINGTON D.C. (WLUC) – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Representative Jack Bergman, U.S. Senator Gary Peters, and Representatives Sandy Levin, Fred Upton, Bill Huizenga, Tim Walberg, Dan Kildee, Mike Bishop, Debbie Dingell, Brenda Lawrence, John Moolenaar, Dave...
by Fix MI State | Jun 7, 2017 | Roads & Bridges, Dams & Other
Washington — Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller will take part in a listening session Thursday afternoon at the White House, where she’ll discuss the massive sinkhole in Fraser. President Donald Trump invited Miller to Washington among a...
by Fix MI State | Jun 6, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
Michigan needs to spend as much as $14 billion over the next 20 years to protect and maintain the systems that deliver safe, drinkable water to our homes, schools and businesses. How, one might ask, is our state going to afford it? Ensuring that Michigan’s engineers...
by Fix MI State | Jun 6, 2017 | Roads & Bridges, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Stormwater & Wastewater
WASHINGTON — Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller will be back in the nation’s capital Thursday to talk with top White House officials about the Fraser sinkhole and the need for investment in the nation’s infrastructure. Miller, who served for 14...
by Fix MI State | Jun 6, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
BAY CITY, MI — A private firm is proposing to construct, own, operate and maintain a new, 120-foot tall fixed bridge that would replace Independence Bridge and take over ownership and operations of Liberty Bridge, two pieces of Bay City infrastructure in dire...
by Fix MI State | Jun 5, 2017 | Dams & Other, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Roads & Bridges, Stormwater & Wastewater
At a news conference last week during the annual Mackinac Policy Conference, a collection of Michigan business, government, transportation and engineering groups criticized the Michigan Legislature’s lack of assistance for the state’s infrastructure efforts. “Many...
by Fix MI State | Jun 5, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
Part of the M-10 John C. Lodge freeway will close this weekend to make way for a bridge demolition. Starting at 9 p.m. on Friday, June 9 through June 12, the freeway will close in each direction as crews demolish the Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard bridge over the...
by Fix MI State | Jun 2, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
ANN ARBOR, MI – Construction on roundabouts is starting at U.S. 23 entrance ramps north of Ann Arbor. Here’s a roundup of the latest U.S. 23 “Flex Route” construction updates from the Michigan Department of Transportation: U.S. 23 A single-lane...
