Michigan Department of Transportation - Wed April 14, 2021
MDOT Accelerated Rail Project Wins Engineering Award
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and Quandel Consultants recently received the highest honor with the Engineering Eminent Conceptor Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC/M) of Michigan for work on the Accelerated Rail Project....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed April 14, 2021
Work Resumes On Michigan's Firesteel River Bridge
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is overseeing a $12.8 million project on M-26 over the east and west branches of the Firesteel River. The work is taking place in Ontonagon County in the western Upper Peninsula....
CEG - Tue April 13, 2021
Pfizer Begins Construction On $450M Production Campus in Portage, Michigan
Pfizer has begun construction on the latest expansion of its massive, $450 million pharmaceutical production campus in the western Michigan town of Portage. Company officials, Michigan political and regional leaders were on hand March 31 for the groundbreaking ceremony of the new production facility — one that is expected to bring hundreds of new jobs to the region....
Michigan Department of Transportation - Wed March 17, 2021
Michigan's M-30 Bridge Project at Tobacco River Resumes
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) opened the M-30 temporary bridge over the Tobacco River in Gladwin County March 11, following a 10-month closure of the M-30 corridor due to several locations of bridge damage caused by flooding and infrastructure failures in May 2020....
Michigan Department of Environment Great Lakes and Energy - Tue February 16, 2021
EGLE Approves Permits for Mackinac Straits Tunnel
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) announced Jan. 29 that it has approved Enbridge Energy's application for certain permits required to build a utility tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed January 20, 2021
Eliza Digs Along Michigan's $162M I-75 Modernization Project
An innovative $162 million tunnel boring project is well under way with construction crews mining the tunnel as others work to attach the remainder of a 400-ft. long train. The tunnel is part of the I-75 Modernization plan, the largest project in size and scope the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has tackled, which includes the replacement of 47 bridges, including 41 vehicular and six pedestrian bridges, as well as the replacement of two cloverleaf interchanges with diverging diamond interchanges....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed January 06, 2021
Crews Race to Repair Edenville Dam Before Thaw
Emergency work on a failed dam in Midland County, Mich., has Fisher Contracting Co. crews working six days a week on a tight timeline under risky conditions. The Edenville Dam failed last spring after heavy rains led to a large May flood event....
Michigan Department of Transportation - Tue January 05, 2021
MDOT Overcomes Year of Challenges, Delivers Vital Transportation Projects
The challenge-filled 2020 construction season is over. MDOT and industry partners were able to adapt and overcome many obstacles to deliver vital transportation projects and continue working toward the goal of providing the highest quality integrated transportation services for economic benefit and improved quality of life....
John Flesher - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue December 22, 2020
Flint, Michigan Makes Progress Toward Ending Water Crisis
Flint has taken important steps toward resolving the lead contamination crisis that made the impoverished Michigan city a symbol of the drinking water problems that plague many United States' communities, officials said Dec....
Michigan Department of Transportation - Wed December 09, 2020
MDOT Building Temporary M-30 Bridge Over Tobacco River
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will begin building a temporary M-30 bridge over the Tobacco River in Gladwin County following extensive damage to the corridor during May flooding. Totaling $4.3 million, the temporary bridge is expected to open to traffic in mid-February....
