by Fix MI State | Jul 21, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
As CEO of Ajax Paving Industries Inc. in Troy, I’ve experienced firsthand how Michigan’s lack of a comprehensive road funding plan has sidelined an industry more than ready, willing and able to fix our crumbling roads and bridges. As a direct result,...
by Fix MI State | Jul 17, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s plan to fix the roads is taking longer than she had hoped. This weekend, Whitmer took to social media to reveal her frustration with getting the budget together. Local 4’s Hank Winchester has had his own trouble with...
by Fix MI State | Jul 11, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
People in Michigan are speaking up about the conditions of the roads and the money to fix them. They listened to state representatives about a new proposal that doesn’t involve raising the gas tax by 45 cents as the governor has proposed. People we spoke with...
by Fix MI State | Jul 11, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
The Trump administration doesn’t seem to care all that much about infrastructure in the Midwest. As Democrats and President Donald Trump quibbled over infrastructure in late April, Midwesterners struggled to recover from the bomb cyclone that caused millions to flee...
by Fix MI State | Jul 11, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
When the warmer temperatures come around, it not only means summertime is here, but also construction season. The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has announced that it will begin 30 construction projects Monday in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties, with...
by Fix MI State | Jul 2, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Budget battle shows no signs of waning The $56.8 billion budget Michigan government is currently operating under was signed by then-Gov. Rick Snyder on June 21, 2018. It was a different time – for eight years, both chambers of the legislature and the...
