A large piece of Northville Township is headed to the Grand Rapids area. Concrete rubble from the demolition of the former state psychiatric hospital buildings at Legacy Park is being crushed down to gravel, "cleaned" by a magnet and sent by truckloads to the west side of Michigan, where it will be used to make new concrete.
Currently there is a nationwide concrete shortage, so the recycled demolition debris is a welcome addition to the construction industry, officials said. Nearly all the debris from the demolition project is being recycled, and not taken to a landfill, they added.
