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Column: Failing infrastructure drags us down

Column: Failing infrastructure drags us down

by Fix MI State | Aug 26, 2019 | Stormwater & Wastewater, Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters

People who know Michigan know water is especially important here. Water is our way of life. Water is where we play. Water is our childhood summer memories. Water is swimming, fishing, boating, canoeing, kayaking and camping at our lakes and rivers. Water is also...
Ideas abound, but no concrete plans yet as Michigan lawmakers consider road funding fix

Ideas abound, but no concrete plans yet as Michigan lawmakers consider road funding fix

by Fix MI State | Aug 21, 2019 | Roads & Bridges

As negotiations over the state budget ramp up in the Michigan legislature, lawmakers are mulling a number of different options on how to get more money towards roads, ranging from gas tax increases to letting local governments go to voters for additional revenue....
Michigan Business Leaders Call on Legislature, Governor to Fix the Roads

Michigan Business Leaders Call on Legislature, Governor to Fix the Roads

by Fix MI State | Aug 20, 2019 | Roads & Bridges

LANSING, Mich. — Leaders of Michigan business organizations that represent tens of thousands of employers across the state today joined together to urge the Legislature and Governor to include a comprehensive plan to fix the roads in the new state budget that...
Michigan Chamber to lawmakers: Finish road funding deal; ‘good roads mean good business’

Michigan Chamber to lawmakers: Finish road funding deal; ‘good roads mean good business’

by Fix MI State | Aug 20, 2019 | Roads & Bridges

Michigan’s Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s 45-cent gas tax increase has been on the table since March, but since that time there has been no other option to fix the state’s crumbling infrastructure put forward despite plenty of gripes about the sizable increase. Whitmer and...
Michigan business groups to lawmakers: Fix the roads

Michigan business groups to lawmakers: Fix the roads

by Fix MI State | Aug 20, 2019 | Roads & Bridges

A coalition of business groups today urged state lawmakers to finally come up with a way to fix Michigan’s crumbling roads and bridges. While none of the business advocates offered an endorsement of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s proposal to increase state fuel taxes by 45...
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