Opinion: Install work zone cameras for speeders to save workers’ lives

by Fix MI State | Apr 28, 2023 | Work Zone Safety

This is an opinion piece written by Michigan State Representative Will Snyder (D-Muskegon) that appeared in Bridge Michigan. Read more here.  Last week was National Work Zone Awareness Week, which was designated by Congress to help raise attention for the people who...

MDOT reminding drivers to slow down as construction season ramps up

by Fix MI State | Apr 21, 2023 | Work Zone Safety

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is reminding drivers to slow down in construction zones for National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week, an annual spring campaign to encourage safe driving. You’ve probably already noticed more work zones and orange...

Officials, safety experts discuss importance of attentive driving

by Fix MI State | Apr 19, 2023 | Uncategorized

This week is National Work Zone Awareness Week and MDOT, Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist, and safety experts met to discuss the importance of attentive driving and work zone safety. “Education, education, education that should always be first,” Miosha Construction Division...

Workers, legislators ask drivers to slow down, pay attention in construction zones

by Fix MI State | Apr 19, 2023 | Work Zone Safety

Working in road construction zones has never been easy but it got worse in 2022 and those on the frontlines are asking drivers to slow down and pay attention as this construction season starts. “It’s scary … in work zones today,” said Gerrad Godley, construction...

Michigan needs ‘mindset change’ to fix infrastructure issues, experts say

by Fix MI State | Apr 19, 2023 | Uncategorized

Policy experts met in Lansing on Tuesday to discuss solutions to the state’s seemingly-endless infrastructure concerns, part of a public policy forum presented by the Institute For Public Policy and Social Research, or IPPSR, at Michigan State University....