Flint, MI — The City of Flint and the State of Michigan are restarting yard and road restoration at roughly 1,848 homes damaged by lead service line excavation and replacement work.
Michigan filed a motion on May 30, 2024, to assist the City by managing and paying for yard and road restoration after the city submitted a request.
The motion proposes to complete restorations by no later than Aug. 1, 2025.
Out of $97 million in State funding allocated to Flint’s lead service line excavation, replacement, and restoration, all but roughly $1.1 to $1.2 million has been expended. The cost to complete the remaining restoration work required under the settlement agreement is approximately $4,620,000, not including additional project management costs.
Flint residents can pick up free faucet water filters at Flint City Hall in downtown Flint and the City of Flint Service Center on Clio Rd. Free water testing kits are also available for pickup.
Flint has completed 29,777 water service line excavations and identifications, including 10,529 lead service line replacements to date. The remaining lines were copper and did not need to be replaced.
Flint originally agreed to replace all of its old lead pipes by Jan. 1, 2020. However, that deadline was gradually pushed back due to financing and management concerns — first to 2021, then 2022, and then Aug. 1, 2023.
In August 2023, Flint Beat reported LaJoyce Howard’s pipes were replaced in Fall 2020, but her sidewalk was affected after the repaired area was covered with gravel, leaving room for tree roots to grow over it.