by Fix MI State | Jun 10, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
ANN ARBOR, MI – With about six months of construction left on the U.S. 23 Flex Route project, there’s still a lot of work to do. The Michigan Department of Transportation is adding a rush hour lane on the inside shoulder of both directions of U.S. 23 from...
by Fix MI State | Jun 9, 2017 | Stormwater & Wastewater
Imagine one of the Great Lakes on a sunny day – the water is clear and kids are playing in it. But the day after a big storm, that same lake can reek of raw sewage. It’s caused by a combined sewer overflow – a common problem in over 700 cities and towns nationwide....
by Fix MI State | Jun 8, 2017 | Roads & Bridges
As the deadline to pass another state budget draws near, many of us are asking the same question: Why isn’t more being done to fix our roads and invest in our children’s future? A recent statewide survey from EPIC-MRA found that Michiganians want the state Legislature...
by Fix MI State | Jun 8, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
GRAND HAVEN, MICH. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers district office in Detroit announced this week that it has received an additional $16.5 million from Congress for dredging and infrastructure repairs in the Great Lakes region, including an allocation for the...
by Fix MI State | Jun 7, 2017 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers district in Detroit says it has received an additional $16.5 million from Congress for dredging and infrastructure repairs in the Great Lakes region. District engineer Lt. Col. Dennis Sugrue says the funding will be used for the most...
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...
