Midland and Gladwin Counties approve lakes plan
MIDLAND, Mich. (WJRT) - A significant step was taken Tuesday to restore the four lakes lost in the catastrophic dam failure in Midland County more than two years ago.
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MIDLAND, Mich. (WJRT) - A significant step was taken Tuesday to restore the four lakes lost in the catastrophic dam failure in Midland County more than two years ago.
The failure of the Edenville dam inundated parts of Midland and Gladwin counties. The dam failure also drained Wixom and Sanford lakes.
Midland and Gladwin Counties, nine townships and village of Sanford will have to pick up some of the cost.
The Tittabawassee River ripped through the dam last May after heavy rains and had been cutting a new course since then. Three other dams on the river were damaged in the flooding, and the water in the four lakes they had been holding back surged downstream, flooding neighborhoods and businesses.
The Tittabawassee River is back to its normal path past one mid-Michigan community. The river ripped through a dam last year and had been cutting a new course since.