It's been a long road to a new breakwall and usable harbor for Grand Marais, but the end is in sight with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers nearing completion on its part in the project.
Excerpt: For decades, residents of a tiny Upper Peninsula town have done battle with the state and federal government and anyone else standing in the way of their efforts to get a new break wall to protect their harbor -- and economy -- from the pounding winds and waves of Lake Superior.
Now the fights, letters, prayer vigils and meetings are paying off. A new break wall on the shores of Grand Marais, a town of 350, is expected to be completed in December.
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Source: Detroit Free Press
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