by Fix MI State | Sep 1, 2022 | Roads & Bridges
The Biden administration and the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Wednesday they would award $50 million in funds to Michigan to reimburse the state for repairs done to roads and bridges following massive damage done by flooding two years ago. Some 10,000...
by Fix MI State | Aug 25, 2022 | Roads & Bridges
The results of a recent EPIC-MRA poll show that Michigan voters rate infrastructure as the top problem and issue in Michigan. “Time and again Michigan voters have said that fixing Michigan’s crumbling infrastructure is a top issue for the state,” said Rob Coppersmith,...
by Fix MI State | Aug 25, 2022 | Work Zone Safety
LANSING, Mich. (WJRT) – More than 1,100 people died in traffic crashes around Michigan in 2021, reaching the highest death toll in 16 years. Michigan State Police released data on Friday showing that traffic crashes statewide claimed 1,131 lives last year, which...
by Fix MI State | Aug 18, 2022 | Work Zone Safety
In August 2021, in the parking lot of a Shop-N-Save in northern Michigan’s Benzie County, a 77-year-old woman was struck and killed by a large pick-up truck. In October, a high school senior walking home from school in Rochester was hit by another student driving...
by Fix MI State | Aug 11, 2022 | Roads & Bridges
The amount of federal highway money automatically coming into Michigan will jump by roughly a third in the next five years, thanks to the new infrastructure law. The Michigan Department of Transportation will primarily use that to speed up projects in its pipeline, a...
