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...
by Fix MI State | Aug 20, 2018 | Roads & Bridges
Any Michigan resident who has spent time traveling the country this summer knows how jarring it is to return to this state’s bumpy roadways. The Snyder administration would like to smooth out the roads with some additional funds that will be coming in from an expanded...
