by Fix MI State | Apr 14, 2022 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan’s road and bridge conditions will worsen over the next decade if the state keeps its current funding formulas and despite an infusion of $9 billion in federal infrastructure spending in the next four years, according to a report released Thursday. The...
by Fix MI State | Apr 8, 2022 | Roads & Bridges
The second phase of the state’s bridge repair program aimed at fixing up 59 bridges is moving forward, according to a press release from the governor’s office. Phase I of the MDOT pilot program started in March in an effort to repair 19 bridges; those projects,...
by Fix MI State | Mar 31, 2022 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a plan to spend $4.8 billion on the state’s infrastructure, including roads and water pipes at an event on Wednesday in Grand Rapids. Last week, Michigan lawmakers unveiled a plan for long overdue upgrades to roads, water pipes,...
by Fix MI State | Mar 31, 2022 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan officials are celebrating a “historic” deal that will pump nearly $3 billion into aging infrastructure, but advocates say the state should be spending that much — or more — every year to adequately address decades of disinvestment. The one-time funding surge...
by Fix MI State | Mar 31, 2022 | Roads & Bridges
Governor Gretchen Whitmer will soon sign the Building Michigan Together Plan into law, which includes nearly $5 billion in bipartisan investments that will benefit Michiganders by improving transportation and water infrastructure, supporting jobs and investing in...
by Fix MI State | Mar 25, 2022 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters, Roads & Bridges, Stormwater & Wastewater
The Michigan legislature is ready to pump $4.7 billion into repairing the state’s World War II sagging infrastructure. The House and Senate have both signed off on the plan, with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to do so soon. The governor and the two GOP legislative...
