HOLLAND, Mich. (WOOD) — The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) is working to streamline permitting processes to protect homeowners at the lake shore.
Currently along Lake Michigan, there are piles of driftwood, fallen trees, and severely eroded dunes that line lakefront properties. The damage is a result of high lake levels and intense storm systems throughout the year.
“Other than protect our property and hope that the neighbors are doing the same thing, there’s really nothing we can do,” Holland homeowner Chris Vanden Bosch said.
Vanden Bosch bought a home in the Lakes Edge neighborhood earlier this year. After several months spent remodeling the home, the dune in the backyard began to quickly erode in October.
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