Macomb Interceptor News Today

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.

STERLING HEIGHTS/FRASER — Approximately 6,000 tons of sediment is being removed from a major sewer in Macomb County, the Macomb Interceptor Drain.

Candice Miller said in a video called the sediment “like beach sand” that 40,000 years ago was likely was part of a water shore.

Photo provided by the Macomb County Office of Public Works 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. Photo provided by the Macomb County Office of Public Works MACOMB COUNTY — More work on part of a 15 Mile Road sewer interceptor i...

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 Updated:  Tags:  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...

Photo provided by Macomb County Public Works Office Major sewer infrastructure project to start late this summer in Macomb County By: Nick Mordowanec | C&G Newspapers | Published April 26, 2021 Advertisement MACOMB COUNTY — Macomb County residents can expect a major infrastructure project to begin this summer, though they aren’t expected to see increases on their bills. The Macomb County Public Works Office announced April 15 that the rehabilitation of a section o...

Photo provided by the Macomb County Office of Public Works Sewer lining work to begin along interceptor Advertisement STERLING HEIGHTS — Four years after a Macomb County sewer collapsed and created a large sinkhole in Fraser, new work is beginning in the Sterling Heights area to make sure that such an event doesn’t recur. In December, the Macomb County Public Works Office announced that a contractor is working on a $28 million sewer project related to the Macomb Interceptor sewer. The curre...

  A construction contractor works approximately 35 feet below the surface while continuing to dig a shaft in order to reach the Macomb Interceptor sewer at a depth of 65 feet, along 15 Mile Road, west of Schoenherr Road, in Sterling Heights. The crew will eventually line the massive pipe for more than 8,000 feet to protect it for several decades from the possibility of collapse. (Macomb County Public Works Office photo)