PORTAGE TOWNSHIP, MI-- USDA Rural Development is providing money to improve wastewater infrastructure in the Copper Country.
Portage Charter Township is getting a $960,000 loan and $2,040,000 grant. The money will be used to construct a sewer collection system in the Green Acres Road/M-26 corridor.
Officials say up to 75 percent of homes in the corridor may have failing drain field systems. The project will install a collection system for 53 new residents and nine commercial businesses, replace the failing collection pipe, and repair manhole covers.
The sewer collection system will serve 1,002 residents.
