DNR Gives OK to Run Sewer Main Under Medalie Park; South Airport & More Road Work Coming
By Beth Milligan | Nov. 6, 2026
A last-ditch effort to prevent a new $1.77 million sewer main from potentially having to be torn up in a few years has proven successful. At a special meeting Wednesday, Grand Traverse County commissioners approved allowing the new main – which is replacing undersized pipe below South Airport Road that cracked and leaked sewage this summer – to run under Medalie Park instead of the road right-of-way. That will ensure the main doesn’t have to be ripped out or redone when the South Airport crossing is eventually reconstructed.
The pipe work will impact South Airport traffic starting next week – one of a handful of final road projects before the …
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