The Chapaton Retention Basin took two years to renovate, starting with a smaller reservoir surrounded by grass.

Photo by Patricia O’Blenes

ST. CLAIR SHORES — On Sept. 16, Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Candice Miller, along with local and state officials, unveiled the new and fully operational Chapaton Retention Basin in St. Clair Shores.

The basin has been under construction for around two years and cost approximately $29 million dollars to build, most of it being state funded through American Rescue Plan Act funds.

“The project involved the rehabilitation and expansion of the Chapaton Canal, at the foot of Nine Mile Road (east of Jefferson Avenue) in St. Clair Shores along Lake St. Clair,” a press release stated. “With its new dimensions of 700 feet long, 200 feet wide and 1

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