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    Federal Grant To Help Fund Deicing Facility At Gerald Ford Airport

    Sept. 12, 2014
    Containment plans will address public concerns about the accumulation of deicer chemicals in area waterways.

    Source WZZM

    The new treatment system will filter out the chemicals from storm runoff before releasing it into the Thornapple River.
    The new treatment system will filter out the chemicals from storm runoff before releasing it into the Thornapple River.

    GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WZZM) -- A deicing containment facility planned at Gerald R. Ford International Airport is getting a boost from a federal grant.

    The U.S. Department of Transportation is giving more than $7.2 million to the project, according to an announcement Wednesday from the offices of Senator Carl Levin and Senator Debbie Stabenow.

    More details here.