by Fix MI State | Jun 20, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
Road commission officials say good budgeting and increased state funding is allowing them to fix the roads and buy equipment. Calling it a “banner year” for the Monroe County Road Commission, the agency sought a bond to perform more road repairs this season. Randy...
by Fix MI State | Jun 19, 2017 | Roads & Bridges, Dams & Other
A drainage pipe collapse has forced the closure of North River Road in Macomb County’s Harrison Township. The Macomb Daily of Mount Clemens reports today that the 48-inch pipe beneath the stretch of road near I-94 collapsed Friday. Parts of the road’s shoulder and...
by Fix MI State | Jun 18, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
LANSING, MI — On the cusp of what’s expected to be another sizable summer algae bloom in Lake Erie, the state of Michigan has released a plan for improving the lake that critics say doesn’t do enough to reduce nutrient-laden runoff from farms. The...
by Fix MI State | Jun 18, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater
LANSING — With peak summer thunderstorm season approaching, is Detroit’s main sewage plant at risk for a power outage that could lead to massive sewage spills and backups? Officials at the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and the Great Lakes Water...
by Fix MI State | Jun 18, 2017 | Roads & Bridges, Dams & Other
FLINT TWP, MI — A vehicle snagged on a power line led to the closure of southbound and northbound Interstate 75 Sunday afternoon and left hundreds of people without power. The incident took place around 2 p.m. Sunday, June 18 and traffic on northbound and...
by Fix MI State | Jun 17, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
BERRIEN SPRINGS — The Michigan Department of Transportation wants to put M-139 on a “road diet,” and Oronoko Township officials aren’t sure what to think of the idea. The township received notice Tuesday that MDOT has set a public meeting for June 26 about its...
by Fix MI State | Jun 17, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
A Fife Lake intersection that has been the site of multiple car accidents in recent years is set to be reconstructed as a roundabout in 2019. The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will host a public input meeting Wednesday at 5pm at Fife Lake’s American...
by Fix MI State | Jun 16, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Grand Rapids has completed a section of a riverfront trail that will eventually connect the western Michigan city’s downtown to a larger trail system. City officials gathered Thursday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new Coldbrook...
by Fix MI State | Jun 15, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
BANGOR TOWNSHIP, MI — About a week from now, hundreds of people will head toward the Bay City State Recreation Area to play in the sand and celebrate efforts to clean up the beach. But today, the beach is closed due to high bacteria levels. The Bay County Health...
by Fix MI State | Jun 15, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) – Crews from the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) are finishing up work on the structural steel painting at the US-31 bridge over the Macatawa River. Leo Evans of MDOT says for the next 1-2 weeks there will still be signs of...
