The Port Huron City Council met Monday, July 11, 2022 and a couple of decisions were made to benefit the community.
The council approved the purchase of a new delivery vehicle for the St. Clair County Council on Aging to deliver hot meals to senior citizens in the city of Port Huron. The vehicle will cost around $65,000, and help the Council on Aging reach city residents more efficiently with their meal service.
The other important decision made was a bid approval for $586,000 for armoring of the Black River Canal. Due to natural factors such as wind and weather, the canal has been filling up with sand and the shoreline has been eroding. This affects nearby structures on private property and access to the canal by the vehicles used to maintain it.
The city has ordered a permit to dredge the canal which will happen as soon as possible, but armoring the canal will be a more long term fix to address the problem.
“It’s probably a once in a life time fix. It’s not something that’s going to have to be repeated, so we are using some of our American Rescue Plan Funds to do that because it wasn’t something that we had planned,” said City of Port Huron Mayor Pauline Repp.
Reporting for WGRT – Jessie Wiegand
