Clinton River Corridor

Cost: $4.5 Million

Fiduciary: City of Utica & City of Sterling Heights

Date Completed: Spring 2019

  • 25 log jams containing approximately 385,000 cubic feet of debris were removed

  • 24 log vanes installed as streambank protection and habitat

  • Stabilized 7,600 feet of eroding riverbanks

  • The 9-mile stretch of the Clinton River through Sterling Heights and Utica is now navigable for the first time since the 1970s

River with trees in background

Photo Credit: HRC