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Michigan Chamber to lawmakers: Finish road funding deal; ‘good roads mean good business’

Michigan Chamber to lawmakers: Finish road funding deal; ‘good roads mean good business’

by Fix MI State | Aug 20, 2019 | Roads & Bridges

Michigan’s Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s 45-cent gas tax increase has been on the table since March, but since that time there has been no other option to fix the state’s crumbling infrastructure put forward despite plenty of gripes about the sizable increase. Whitmer and...
Michigan business groups to lawmakers: Fix the roads

Michigan business groups to lawmakers: Fix the roads

by Fix MI State | Aug 20, 2019 | Roads & Bridges

A coalition of business groups today urged state lawmakers to finally come up with a way to fix Michigan’s crumbling roads and bridges. While none of the business advocates offered an endorsement of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s proposal to increase state fuel taxes by 45...
Fix the Roads event calls on Governor to take action

Fix the Roads event calls on Governor to take action

by Fix MI State | Aug 20, 2019 | Roads & Bridges

Several Michigan business leaders called on Governor Gretchen Whitmer and lawmakers to deliver on campaign promise of fixing the state’s roads. They held a press conference at the Michigan Chamber of Commerce at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Lansing. The business...
Business Leaders Pushing For Action On Road Money

Business Leaders Pushing For Action On Road Money

by Fix MI State | Aug 20, 2019 | Roads & Bridges

Michigan Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Rich Studley wants lawmakers and the Governor to embrace the shared responsibility of fixing Michigan’s roads. “We need less talk and more action,” Studley tells WSJM News. “We agree that this is a multi-billion dollar...
Sinkhole closes portion of Larned Street in downtown Detroit

Sinkhole closes portion of Larned Street in downtown Detroit

by Fix MI State | Aug 19, 2019 | Roads & Bridges

Larned Street will be closed between the Lodge Freeway and Griswold Monday morning after a sinkhole was found Sunday below Larned and Shelby, the City of Detroit said in a news release. “Motorists coming downtown are encouraged to use Bagley or Jefferson as...
How did Michigan go from auto capital of the world to a terrible place to drive?

How did Michigan go from auto capital of the world to a terrible place to drive?

by Fix MI State | Aug 16, 2019 | Roads & Bridges

The memes arrive in droves each spring. One shows a police officer pondering, “Is he drunk or dodging potholes?” One purports to show a millennia-old Roman road and reads, “still fewer pot holes than any street in Michigan.” Michigan’s roads have become the butt of...
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