Ambulance response rates in many rural areas remain bellow target, even as the province continues to pay out bonuses to its ambulance service provider.
Three projects by water and drainage agencies in Oakland and Wayne counties together expect to eliminate about 48 million gallons of stormwater mixed with sewage that otherwise makes it, untreated, into the Rouge River and beyond to Lake Erie.
Great Lakes Water Authority officials announced the $68 million, cross-border projects Wednesday, in an online news conference with Oakland County and Detroit water officials.
Coordinating the regional projects allows for the most effective use of taxpayer funds to improve local water quality, said Suzanne Coffey, chief planning officer for the Great Lakes Water Authority. The sewer flow that travels in these pipes goes in and out of municipalities, she said.