Snyder to UP
Governor Snyder will visit the Upper Peninsula this week where he’ll meet with state lawmakers, community leaders and tour businesses. The governor will be in St. Ignace and Sault Ste. Marie early today with state Senator Howard Walker and state Rep. Frank Foster. He’ll then meet with state Sen. Tom Casperson in the afternoon in Grand Marais and then address the Marquette Economic Club in Marquette this evening. Snyder is scheduled to travel to Houghton tomorrow.
The Continuing Bridge Debate
A group of state lawmakers will head to Detroit as discussions intensify over whether to build a publicly owned bridge to Canada. Laura Weber reports:
A group of lawmakers will tour the site proposed for a second bridge from Detroit to Canada. And they will hear from parties interested in and opposed to building the second span. The tour and meetings are expected to last all day, and Senate hearings on the bridge issue will resume when lawmakers return next week. Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley says Governor Snyder’s administration is serious about getting the project approved before the end of the year.
Kalamazoo River Oil Spill Update
The federal Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public meeting this week to discuss what’s happening with the Kalamazoo River oil spill. “Wednesday’s public meeting is expected to focus on the ongoing need to remove oil that remains submerged in three distinct parts of the Kalamazoo River,” Steve Carmody reports. An oil pipeline, owned by Enbridge Energy, ruptured near Marshall in July 2010 and spilled more than 800,000 gallons of crude oil into the Kalamazoo River. It has cost Enbridge about a half billion dollars to clean up the spill and reimburse residents living near the spill zone.
