by Fix MI State | Mar 8, 2023 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan officials need to spend up to $3.9 billion more per year to fully fund road repairs, according to projections released Tuesday by a construction trade group. The estimate from the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association is an update from the...
by Fix MI State | Mar 7, 2023 | Press Releases & Statements, Roads & Bridges
LANSING, Mich. – Public Sector Consultants (PSC) released the Michigan Transportation Infrastructure Needs and Funding Solutions report today that found that Michigan faces a $3.9 billion annual funding shortfall to fix Michigan’s deteriorating roads and bridges. At a...
by Fix MI State | Mar 3, 2023 | Roads & Bridges
Deborah Orlowski doesn’t need Siri to tell her what traffic is like on the M-14. She can hear it from inside her house. A small thicket of bushes and trees separates her property from the M-14, a state freeway that stretches from Interstate 94 in Washtenaw County to...
by Fix MI State | Feb 27, 2023 | Roads & Bridges
Rob Coppersmith, executive vice president of the Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association (MITA), issued the following statement urging support for House Bill 4132, bipartisan legislation from Rep. Will Snyder (D-Muskegon) and Rep. Mike Mueller...
by Fix MI State | Feb 23, 2023 | Roads & Bridges
This opinion piece was published in Bridge Michigan and was written by John F. Hanieski, Ph.D., the former chief economist of the Michigan Department of Commerce. For more, click here. With the transition to electric vehicles, motor fuel taxes will diminish and...
by Fix MI State | Feb 23, 2023 | Roads & Bridges
By the year 2032, it could cost drivers more than gas at the pump to ride on Michigan roadways. That’s according to the MI Statewide Tolling Study, a statewide analysis which looked at the potential creation of a new, electronic tolling system that would encompass...
