Report estimates up to $3.9B funding gap for Michigan roads, floats tax increase

by Fix MI State | Mar 9, 2023 | Roads & Bridges

Michigan has an annual funding gap of roughly $3.9 billion when it comes to money to maintain the state’s crumbling roads and bridges — even after record federal aid and state bonding is taken into account, according to a new study of the state’s...

Trade group: Michigan’s lousy roads getting lousier, need $3.9B more per year

by Fix MI State | Mar 8, 2023 | Roads & Bridges

Michigan officials need to spend up to $3.9 billion more per year to fully fund road repairs, according to projections released Tuesday by a construction trade group. The estimate from the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association is an update from the...

Report finds that Michigan has a $3.9 billion annual funding shortfall to fix roads and bridges

by Fix MI State | Mar 7, 2023 | Press Releases & Statements, Roads & Bridges

LANSING, Mich. – Public Sector Consultants (PSC) released the Michigan Transportation Infrastructure Needs and Funding Solutions report today that found that Michigan faces a $3.9 billion annual funding shortfall to fix Michigan’s deteriorating roads and bridges. At a...

Michigan’s lousy infrastructure has many begging: Fix the damn noisy roads

by Fix MI State | Mar 3, 2023 | Roads & Bridges

Deborah Orlowski doesn’t need Siri to tell her what traffic is like on the M-14. She can hear it from inside her house. A small thicket of bushes and trees separates her property from the M-14, a state freeway that stretches from Interstate 94 in Washtenaw County to...

Michigan bill would put speed cameras in work zones

by Fix MI State | Mar 1, 2023 | Work Zone Safety

Drivers speeding through Michigan construction zones could soon be caught on video and fined. A new bipartisan bill, House Bill 4132, would put cameras with sensors to detect speeders in work zones. The system would take pictures of speeding cars and their license...