In the past, Public Works hired vendors to provide video inspections, and the have engineers watch the videos and manually determine defects, a process that would take months or even longer.
ST. CLAIR SHORES According to Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller, the project at the Chapaton Retention Basin is ahead of schedule and construction is going well.
WARREN A group of Warren residents in the area south of 12 Mile Road between Hoover Road and Van Dyke Avenue recently reported their backyards were sinking, which led to a large sinkhole project repaired by the Macomb County Public Works Office.
A crew entered the pipe, which was installed in 1960, and discovered dye seeping in from 18 joints at the ends of 8-foot-long sections of concrete pipe, officials said.