Consumers Energy spending $22 million to install seawall
September 16, 08 by TheFleetIf you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
By ERIC ENGLISH | Source: The Bay City Times
Consumers Energy is spending $22 million to install a huge new seawall and freighter dock at its Karn-Weadock generating complex at the mouth of the Saginaw River.
The steel wall will replace an existing half-mile-long seawall that is showing its age, according to Gary Davis, project construction engineer for Consumers.
… “Some of that wall has been there for 60 years,” Davis said. “It’s experiencing localized failures due to erosion and the weight of the coal on the dock.”
The new seawall will be made of thicker steel and be driven deeper into the bedrock below the Saginaw River. The work will create 25 to 30 construction jobs.
The project is not specifically tied to Consumers Energy’s proposed plans to build a new $2.3 billion coal-fired power plant at the facility,
