by Fix MI State | May 18, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Dams & Other, Roads & Bridges, Stormwater & Wastewater
Michiganians have daily encounters with aging, crumbling and failing infrastructure. Our cars shake, rattle and roll down some of the nation’s worst roads. The Flint water crisis makes state and national news. Sinkholes from failing sewers swallow homes and crumble...
by Fix MI State | May 17, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
Officials announced Wednesday a $63 million road improvement plan for 2017 that will include 100 miles of residential and major street resurfacing. The project will include $4 million in road enhancements, bridge improvements and new bike paths, according to a release...
by Fix MI State | May 17, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
Among the bridges being replaced is the “largest” bridge in Michigan during the current I-75 construction project. While the Mackinac Bridge is longer, the I-75 bridge over the Rouge River is much larger in terms of width and concrete use making it the largest bridge...
by Fix MI State | May 17, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
WARREN, Mich. (WJBK) – A Michigan woman was knocked unconscious Wednesday morning when a piece of concrete came off 696 and crashed through her windshield. The accident happened on 696 at Hoover Road in Warren around 8:40 Wednesday morning. Michigan State Police...
by Fix MI State | May 17, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
DETROIT (CBSDetroit) – Hours after a woman was struck by concrete from a pothole while driving along I-696 — growing concern about the state of Michigan’s infrastructure. There’s been no shortage of complaints about, and problems with, large potholes and cracks since...
by Fix MI State | May 17, 2017 | Roads & Bridges, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Stormwater & Wastewater
Warmer weather ushers in a season of picnics, proms and pool parties but with along with the fun comes another rite of summer — road construction. The orange barrels are visible around the state, and Dearborn is no exception. The city’s road projects and construction...
by Fix MI State | May 16, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
ANN ARBOR, MI – The city of Ann Arbor has reported yet another raw sewage spill into the Huron River. At about noon on Tuesday, May 16, a sanitary sewer overflow occurred in Nichols Arboretum near the entrance along Nichols Drive by the helipad next to the...
by Fix MI State | May 12, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater
ANN ARBOR, MI – A partially collapsed sewer pipe on a University of Michigan residential property led to a leak of sewage that percolated up around a parking lot on Glen Court on Friday, May 12. The property was located just off of Glen Court on Cornwell Place,...
by Fix MI State | May 11, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
BOYNE CITY — Residents in some portions of Charlevoix County’s Melrose, Evangeline and Bay townships will have a much longer drive to and from their homes for at least the next couple of months, a result of a culvert failure earlier this week that has prompted a road...
by Fix MI State | May 11, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Dams & Other, Roads & Bridges, Stormwater & Wastewater
Roads, bridges, sewer lines, water systems and all the other infrastructure in the state is, by multiple assessments, in trouble in Michigan. Two studies say the state needs to spend $4 billion a year. The governor wants at least $1.2 billion a year more to get...
