by Fix MI State | Sep 8, 2023 | Roads & Bridges
This article originally appeared in Bridge Michigan. Read more here. Michigan drivers are all too familiar with the extra costs of driving on crumbling roads, shelling out on average hundreds of dollars per year for pothole-related repairs. Under limited...
by Fix MI State | Aug 25, 2023 | Work Zone Safety
Traffic injuries are up in the state of Michigan this year and there’s no secret why – speed, distracted driving, traveling too close. “You don’t have to be a trooper, or a police officer to drive around Metro Detroit and probably on your trip...
by Natalie Kozma | Aug 18, 2023 | Roads & Bridges
This article originally appeared in WWMT. For more, click here. $5 million in Michigan’s new state budget, signed into law by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in late July, will go toward a study intended to gauge public interest in putting mile-tracking devices in...
by Fix MI State | Aug 10, 2023 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan officials are exploring whether to replace gas taxes with “usage charges” as the auto industry’s shift to electric vehicles is expected to cut into tax revenues for road repairs. With fuel taxes projected to decline by hundreds of millions of dollars in...
by Fix MI State | Jul 14, 2023 | Work Zone Safety
The Michigan House of Representatives passed legislation that would allow “automated speed enforcement systems” to be set up in certain work zones to automatically detect and punish speeding drivers. Introduced in February, House bills 4132 and 4133 would amend...