by Fix MI State | Feb 17, 2020 | Stormwater & Wastewater
Forecasts for Great Lakes water levels to keep rising means Michigan’s related costs will climb into the hundreds of millions of dollars as the state confronts the impact. That’s the initial conclusion offered by directors of state agencies after the first statewide...
by Fix MI State | Feb 17, 2020 | Roads & Bridges
While Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s multi-billion dollar bonding plan fixes Michigan’s major highway systems, she’ll still need Republican lawmakers to address local roads funding. The GOP-controlled state Legislature has largely criticized the plan for ignoring local and...
by Fix MI State | Feb 10, 2020 | Stormwater & Wastewater
Michigan’s infrastructure is in tough shape, from potholed roads and deteriorating bridges to aging sewers and dams in dire need of maintenance. A panel appointed by former Gov. Rick Snyder in 2016 following the Flint water crisis concluded Michigan needed $4 billion...
by Fix MI State | Feb 3, 2020 | Roads & Bridges
The State Transportation Commission has given the go-ahead to Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s plan to sell bonds to finance Michigan’s most urgently needed road repairs. But, as we hear from Rick Pluta, she says bonding does not solve the entire problem. The governor...
by Fix MI State | Feb 3, 2020 | Roads & Bridges
The Michigan State Transportation Commission approved a plan Thursday to borrow up to $3.5 billion over the next four years to inject a rush of money into the state’s crumbling road system. Under the plan, unveiled by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday night,...
