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...

Opinion: Replacing Michigan’s dwindling road funds is everyone’s duty

by Fix MI State | Feb 23, 2023 | Roads & Bridges

This opinion piece was published in Bridge Michigan and was written by John F. Hanieski, Ph.D., the former chief economist of the Michigan Department of Commerce. For more, click here. With the transition to electric vehicles, motor fuel taxes will diminish and...