October 22nd, 20220DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The city was recently visited by a number of officials to discuss proposed improvements to the flood-prone Ecorse Creek area and flood mitigation solutions.
FEMA Region V Administrator Thomas Sivak, FEMA support staff, U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit), representatives from Senator Gary Peters’ office and...
April 19th, 20220DEARBORN HEIGHTS — In an effort to identify specific problem areas of the Ecorse Creek, the city partnered with Wade Trim to perform an aerial survey of the area.
Wade Trim is the city’s civil engineering contractor and with the city, it recently completed a hi-tech aerial survey of the creek between Inkster Road and the...
March 25th, 20220DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The city of Dearborn Heights has received a check for $1.675 million in federal aid to mitigate flooding.
The funds are intended to help address the ongoing flooding issue along the Ecorse Creek.
The funds were recently announced by U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) and is among $15,362,725 in project...
February 16th, 20220DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The city of Dearborn Heights is continuing its efforts to mitigate flooding by demolishing flood-prone homes along the Ecorse Creek corridor.
In this effort, the city demolished four more homes on Currier Street, bringing the total number of homes demolished along and near the creek to more than 20 since the...
August 21st, 20211DEARBORN HEIGHTS — The city has announced it is nearing the final steps in demolishing another four homes in the flood zone.
The homes are near the Ecorse Creek flood zone, which will soon become green space to help absorb some of the Ecorse Creek’s overflow.
The homes are being purchased with funds provided through the...
August 12th, 20200DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Dearborn Heights City Councilman Tom Wencel is looking for at least 50 volunteers to help participate in different events to beautify the city.
On Saturday, Aug. 15, the annual Ecorse Creek cleanup will be taking place along with the Richard A. Young Center Rain Garden Maintenance at 9 a.m.
However, Wencel said...
