Drain Pain: Cedar Drainage Issues Stymy County Leadership
By Craig Manning | Sept. 14, 2026
The Leelanau County Board of Commissioners will decide this week whether to allocate more than $40,000 in county money to help alleviate issues with one particular drainage district.
Two Leelanau County leaders had previously promised members of the Lake Bluffs drain district that the county would help with their failing drain and the unexpected costs it has incurred. Months later, both those county leaders are gone, and the drain district has yet to be reimbursed for the issues.
The Lake Bluffs Drain is located in Solon Township and serves a neighborhood in Cedar near the southern end of Lake Leelanau. That drain was completed in 2023 by GEI Consultants, a …
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