Michigan leaders face crossroads with ‘unprecedented’ cash, but how will they spend it?

by Fix MI State | Jun 15, 2021 | Uncategorized

Pressure is mounting on Michigan lawmakers to reach a consensus on the budget and how to spend billions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief money that advocates believe could provide an “unprecedented” boost for the state’s infrastructure and...

Highway bill includes $210M in earmarks for Michigan projects. Here’s what’s targeted

by Fix MI State | Jun 10, 2021 | Roads & Bridges

A U.S. House committee has incorporated 68 Michigan roads and transit projects into the federal highway bill, totaling nearly $210.5 million in earmarked spending for often badly needed improvements or repairs. The revised bill is set to be considered Wednesday in the...

MDOT awarded nearly a million dollars to expand state’s building repairs

by Fix MI State | Jun 10, 2021 | Roads & Bridges

Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced Monday that the Michigan Department of Transportation received almost $1 million to fund the state’s bridge construction and repairs. The Bridge Bundling program falls under Whitmer’s $300 million executive budget...

Whitmer announces MI Clean Water Plan grants

by Fix MI State | Jun 3, 2021 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters

LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced on Tuesday grants awarded under the state’s Clean Water Plan to help communities strengthen drinking water infrastructure and better ensure safe, affordable tap water across Michigan. Funding will help state efforts to...

Whitmer highlights workers ‘fixing the damn roads’ in Saginaw County

by Fix MI State | Jun 3, 2021 | Roads & Bridges

BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WJRT) – (5/27/2021) – Governor Gretchen Whitmer spent Thursday morning in Buena Vista Township touring the major construction project at I-75 and M-46. Crews are about a year into the 2.5 year job. “I think it’s important to...