Posted on January 3, 2016
By Garret Ellison, MLive Media Group
An underwater survey of the Grand River bed between Grand Rapids and the Bass River Recreation Area is expected to begin soon after state officials chose to forge ahead with a project that failed to excite Ottawa County leaders.
In November, the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget (DTMB) approved spending $100,000 of general fund money to map the river bottom as a first step toward dredging the 22.5-mile stretch of the Lower Grand River.
“Every day, people come up and tell me that’s a good idea,” said Dan Hibma, a West Michigan developer spearheading the dredging push.
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