by Fix MI State | Jan 11, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
The new legislative term doesn’t kick off until Jan. 9, but Republicans and Democrats in the newly divided Capitol already agree on something: Michigan’s roads need fixing. And in an apparent show of goodwill, the two parties vowed to work together to fix them....
by Fix MI State | Jan 8, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Here’s something you’ve probably heard before. Michigan’s roads are terrible. But just how terrible? Well, according to a recent study released by Lvl5, a team of former Tesla engineers that creates HD maps for self-driving cars, Michigan has the worst roads in the...
by Fix MI State | Dec 24, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
A roadway that was closed after a sewer line collapse caused a massive Fraser sinkhole has reopened to traffic. A ribbon-cutting took place for 15 Mile Road at the site of the Christmas Eve collapse before it reopened Tuesday morning. Macomb County Public Works...
by Fix MI State | Sep 12, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
Ann Arbor has a goal of getting 80 percent of its streets in good or better condition by 2025. More specifically, that means 80 percent rated at least 7 out of 10 on the PASER scale, a pavement rating system the city uses. But can it get there? A new memo from City...
by Fix MI State | Aug 22, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
The pothole problem in Northville Township has sprouted in a new way – literally. At least one disgruntled resident planted a small tree in a pothole on Sunnydale Lane, complete with notes reading “Fix Damn Potholes” and “I’m not drunk driving,...
by Fix MI State | Aug 20, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
We’re not going to fix the damn roads in Michigan — or damn bridges, or damn sewers, or damn water lines — without some damn money. Pithy slogans won’t fill a single pothole. Nor will shirking from the reality that the state’s decades-long neglect of its...
