by Fix MI State | Apr 7, 2023 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan’s infrastructure is in bad shape, and recent estimates suggest the state’s roads, bridges, water systems and transit are only getting costlier to fix. But at least for now, the state’s Democratic leadership — including the governor who rode into office on a...
by Fix MI State | Mar 31, 2023 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan’s crumbling infrastructure and the funding surrounding it has been a hotly debated topic for decades, and the results of a two-year study explore one possible funding solution — tolling. The “Michigan Statewide Tolling Study,” which was...
by Fix MI State | Mar 24, 2023 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan is underfunding its road system by between $2.1 billion and $3.9 billion a year, and the condition of highways and streets will continue to decline if funding is not substantially increased, according to a study released Tuesday. The analysis was commissioned...
by Fix MI State | Mar 16, 2023 | Roads & Bridges
The cost to fix local roads and highways in Michigan is larger than the state’s previous estimates, a new study found. A year of research by the Public Sector Consultants, a nonpartisan Lansing firm, found the state is facing an annual shortfall upwards of $3.9...
by Fix MI State | Mar 10, 2023 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan needs between two and four billion dollars to fix its roads, according to a new report from the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association, a construction trades group. According to our sister station WILX, the group is laying out its plan for...
by Fix MI State | Mar 10, 2023 | Roads & Bridges
A new report says Michigan’s road and bridge funding gap is growing. In 2016, the state’s 21st Century Infrastructure Commission estimated Michigan needed to invest an additional $2.2 billion annually in roads and bridges. The new report (Michigan Transportation...
