Infrastructure updates: Here’s what Michigan legislature wants to do with $4.7 billion

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...

Gretchen Whitmer, GOP strike $4.7 billion Michigan infrastructure deal

by Fix MI State | Mar 24, 2022 | Roads & Bridges

Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Republican-led Legislature struck a major budget deal late Wednesday to spend $4.7 billion in state surplus and federal stimulus funds to upgrade aging infrastructure across Michigan, among other things. The spending plan...

Road builder: Whitmer’s bonds, federal aid ‘nowhere near’ the money needed to fix Michigan roads

by Fix MI State | Mar 24, 2022 | Roads & Bridges

At Angelo Iafrate Construction Co., we’ve been in the heavy-civil construction and transportation industry since our inception. As an employee-owned company that has built its reputation on excellence, innovation, and quality, we place significant value in our...

Michigan counties call for more money to fix roads

by Fix MI State | Mar 17, 2022 | Roads & Bridges

Counties across Michigan are on track to get even less money to fix roads and bridges because of state law. Road commissioners from across the state went to Lansing to ask lawmakers for more money. Counties aren’t counting on money from the federal infrastructure law...

Potholes place Michigan roads as the worst across the country, Twitter data shows

by Fix MI State | Mar 3, 2022 | Roads & Bridges

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order Wednesday directing the Michigan Department of Transportation to use all of its available resources to speed up pothole repair across the state. It’s a step in the right direction, but the problem is MDOT is only...

It’s pothole season, and Michigan’s are among the nation’s worst, study finds

by Fix MI State | Mar 3, 2022 | Roads & Bridges

Some Michigan counties are amid one of the worst pothole seasons in years, pushing road crews to work overtime to make repairs. Substantial rains in February followed by freezing temperatures created a mess on roads. Melting snow and ice seep into pavement, freeze,...