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...
by Fix MI State | Aug 20, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Several Michigan business leaders called on Governor Gretchen Whitmer and lawmakers to deliver on campaign promise of fixing the state’s roads. They held a press conference at the Michigan Chamber of Commerce at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Lansing. The business...
by Fix MI State | Aug 20, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Rich Studley wants lawmakers and the Governor to embrace the shared responsibility of fixing Michigan’s roads. “We need less talk and more action,” Studley tells WSJM News. “We agree that this is a multi-billion dollar...
by Fix MI State | Aug 16, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
The memes arrive in droves each spring. One shows a police officer pondering, “Is he drunk or dodging potholes?” One purports to show a millennia-old Roman road and reads, “still fewer pot holes than any street in Michigan.” Michigan’s roads have become the butt of...
by Fix MI State | Aug 16, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan’s drivers have made it clear: It’s time to fix the damn roads. Yet those blocking real solutions to fixing our deteriorating roads, bridges and other infrastructure are now raising another bogus claim to distract from the current debate: Michigan’s skilled...
