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County approves grant applications for Tyler and Bayer dam projects; commissioners press for match plan
Summary
On March 5 the Board authorized submitting grant applications to EGLE and U.S. Fish & Wildlife for dam removal and fish passage projects at Tyler and Bayer dams; commissioners raised a gap of roughly $1 million in local match and asked administration for funding options.
The Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners approved resolutions on March 5 to submit grant applications for projects tied to Tyler and Bayer dams and for fish passage work. County staff said engineering and permitting work is underway; the grant requests would fund large capital work that county staff described as necessary to reduce recurring neighborhood flooding upstream of the dams and to improve aquatic passage.
Why it matters: county staff described recurring flood impacts to low‑opportunity neighborhoods upstream of the Bayer dam. An…
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