by Fix MI State | Feb 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
MITA reacts to Gov. Whitmer’s 2023-2024 budget recommendation LANSING, Mich. – Rob Coppersmith, executive vice president of the Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association (MITA), issued the following statement following Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s 2023-2024...
by Fix MI State | Jan 30, 2023 | Roads & Bridges
This opinion piece was written by Rob Coppersmith, executive vice president of the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association. To read the full article in Crain’s Detroit Business, click here. As Gov. Gretchen Whitmer begins her second term and new...
by Fix MI State | Jan 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
Toll roads could be part of a broader plan to reimagine infrastructure funding as electric vehicles become more popular and limit fuel tax revenues, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Tuesday. Whitmer, who first won election in 2018 on a pledge to “fix the damn...
by Fix MI State | Jan 20, 2023 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan could lose $95 million a year for road repairs as electric vehicles become more widespread, a report from East Lansing-based Anderson Economic Group found. That’s because gas taxes largely fund road construction, and electric vehicle drivers currently pay no...
by Fix MI State | Jan 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
Michigan could generate $1 billion a year to fix deteriorating roads by charging motorists tolls to use nearly 1,200 miles of state highways, according to new feasibility and implementation studies for the state. Converting the highways to toll roads no doubt would be...