New report suggests Michigan needs $3.9 billion a year to fix the roads

by Fix MI State | Mar 9, 2023 | Roads & Bridges

“It’s absolutely baffling to me that the roads are in the condition that they are,” says Zach Murrell. Murrell tells 7 Action News he’s still getting used to road conditions south of the Mackinac Bridge having moved to metro Detroit from the Upper Peninsula. “I’ve...

Report estimates up to $3.9B funding gap for Michigan roads, floats tax increase

by Fix MI State | Mar 9, 2023 | Roads & Bridges

Michigan has an annual funding gap of roughly $3.9 billion when it comes to money to maintain the state’s crumbling roads and bridges — even after record federal aid and state bonding is taken into account, according to a new study of the state’s...

Trade group: Michigan’s lousy roads getting lousier, need $3.9B more per year

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...

Report finds that Michigan has a $3.9 billion annual funding shortfall to fix roads and bridges

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...

Michigan’s lousy infrastructure has many begging: Fix the damn noisy roads

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...

MITA urges support for work zone safety bill

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...