June 2019
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Four-Year Transportation Plan Approved
MACC Welcomes New Administrative Assistant
Aquatic Invasive Species Landing Blitz
Free Well Water Screening
Four-Year Transportation Plan Approved
The FY2020-2023 Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) was approved by the MACC’s Policy Board this month. Over $117 Million of federal, state, and local funding will be invested to support our region’s most immediate priorities inour transportation system over the next four years. The development of a new TIP incorporates public involvement, considers environmental justice, impacts to air quality, and measures progress toward achieving national goals. To view the projects that will receive federal funding in the MACC area, visit our online interactive TIP map. Once there, click on individual projects to view project descriptions, locations, and funding amounts.
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MACC Welcomes New Administrative Assistant

The MACC is please to welcome Judy Visscher as our part-time Administrative Assistant! Judy comes to us from the Holland Board of Public Works, where she spent the past 17 years as their Environmental Regulatory Specialist. In that role, she worked closely with the MACC on the Watershed Project, and is familiar with our Transportation and Clean Air initiatives. Please say “hi” when you see her at our various meetings or outreach activities.
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Aquatic Invasive Species Landing Blitz

MACC staff and volunteers will be near the boat launch with giveaways and information about a recent state law that was passed requiring boaters to take certain actions to prevent the spread of invasive species. Don’t own a boat or can’t make it out that day? You can read more about the new boating law here.
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Free Well Water Testing

The Ottawa Conservation District will screen drinking water well samples for nitrate and nitrite. The screening is sponsored by the Ottawa Conservation District and the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program. It is paid for by funds generated from Michigan pesticide and fertilizer registration and tonnage fees. There is no fee to participants for this service.
This service is for private drinking water wells only. Public water supplies are tested regularly. Please do not bring samples from public water supplies or non-drinking water sources. Only drinking water well samples will be tested. You do not have to use a special bottle for this screening. Any small clean jar will work and one ounce of water is enough. In order to be valid, samples must be collected within 48 hours of testing.
If you would like to bring a sample, please download instructions and a form that must be dropped off with your sample
here.
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