WEXFORD COUNTY — Cadillac and the surrounding area expected to get a piece the newly passed budget, to help with critical infrastructure upgrades.

Not all of the requests were approved.

Cadillac city manager Marcus Peccia said it’s good news they are getting close to $2 million of their nearly $15 million request to help the failing culvert off of Mitchell Street by Wexford Jewelers.

“Even with what we were conveying as an urgent situation, and you could tangibly and clearly see the damage that had happened to the infrastructure, it still took time,” said Peccia.

He said it’s critical to get funding to repair the culvert before it fails, causing potential flooding. The city stepped in to work with the state to find that funding over the past few years. Funding the repair was made more

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