The four biofilter projects are being paid with $12 million of the $170 million in federal American Rescue Plan dollars the county received and will not cause a rate increase.
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Macomb County gives progress report on interceptor project By: Eric Czarnik | C&G Newspapers | Published June 30, 2021
Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller, left, talks to Construction and Maintenance Manager Stephen Downing about the Macomb Interceptor project.
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MACOMB COUNTY More work on part of a 15 Mile Road sewer interceptor is in the pipeline, but county officials are pleased with progress and say it will eventually help prevent sinkholes or other disasters from occurring in the Sterling Heights area.
The Macomb County Public Works Office announced June 14 that it had recently managed to wrap up a key portion of a $28 million project. That work involved, since last fall, digging an estimated 60-foot-deep shaft to do sewer work near 15 Mile Road and the ITC Corridor, west of Schoenherr Road, in Sterli
Macomb County’s $28M Interceptor project enters key phase
Project includes installing large pipe along 15 Mile Road in Sterling Heights to prevent sinkhole disasters
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STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. – A top priority for fixing Macomb County’s infrastructure is happening below the surface.
The $28 million Macomb Interceptor rehabilitation project includes installing a giant pipe along 15 Mile Road in Sterling Heights to prevent disasters such as the Fraser sinkhole that opened in late 2016.
Candice Miller, Macomb County public works commissioner, said the sinkhole of Christmas Eve 2016 in Fraser cannot happen again but almost did when she got cameras into miles of old sewer lines.