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FishPass Project Will Go to Trial, Construction Halted We were hoping to move forward with construction of FishPass several weeks ago.” - Marc Gaden, Great Lakes Fishery Commission
February 17, 2021
Construction of the $20 million FishPass project is on hold – and will be for months – now that the issue will go to trial.
FishPass construction was supposed to start in January. Now a judge says there’s enough evidence to argue it might need to go to a public vote.
Traverse City Resident Rick Buckhalter is behind the lawsuit, and says he feels “a lot of relief. It’s probably not over. I think the city is probably studying, along with the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, their options at this point.”