Michigan facing $3.9B deficit in road funding, new report finds

by Fix MI State | Mar 16, 2023 | Roads & Bridges

The cost to fix local roads and highways in Michigan is larger than the state’s previous estimates, a new study found. A year of research by the Public Sector Consultants, a nonpartisan Lansing firm, found the state is facing an annual shortfall upwards of $3.9...

REPORT: Michigan could need up to $4B to fix the roads

by Fix MI State | Mar 10, 2023 | Roads & Bridges

Michigan needs between two and four billion dollars to fix its roads, according to a new report from the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association, a construction trades group. According to our sister station WILX, the group is laying out its plan for...

Report: Michigan’s road and bridge funding gap is growing

by Fix MI State | Mar 10, 2023 | Roads & Bridges

A new report says Michigan’s road and bridge funding gap is growing. In 2016, the state’s 21st Century Infrastructure Commission estimated Michigan needed to invest an additional $2.2 billion annually in roads and bridges. The new report (Michigan Transportation...

New report suggests Michigan needs $3.9 billion a year to fix the roads

by Fix MI State | Mar 9, 2023 | Roads & Bridges

“It’s absolutely baffling to me that the roads are in the condition that they are,” says Zach Murrell. Murrell tells 7 Action News he’s still getting used to road conditions south of the Mackinac Bridge having moved to metro Detroit from the Upper Peninsula. “I’ve...

Report estimates up to $3.9B funding gap for Michigan roads, floats tax increase

by Fix MI State | Mar 9, 2023 | Roads & Bridges

Michigan has an annual funding gap of roughly $3.9 billion when it comes to money to maintain the state’s crumbling roads and bridges — even after record federal aid and state bonding is taken into account, according to a new study of the state’s...

Trade group: Michigan’s lousy roads getting lousier, need $3.9B more per year

by Fix MI State | Mar 8, 2023 | Roads & Bridges

Michigan officials need to spend up to $3.9 billion more per year to fully fund road repairs, according to projections released Tuesday by a construction trade group. The estimate from the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association is an update from the...

Report finds that Michigan has a $3.9 billion annual funding shortfall to fix roads and bridges

by Fix MI State | Mar 7, 2023 | Press Releases & Statements, Roads & Bridges

LANSING, Mich. – Public Sector Consultants (PSC) released the Michigan Transportation Infrastructure Needs and Funding Solutions report today that found that Michigan faces a $3.9 billion annual funding shortfall to fix Michigan’s deteriorating roads and bridges. At a...

Michigan’s lousy infrastructure has many begging: Fix the damn noisy roads

by Fix MI State | Mar 3, 2023 | Roads & Bridges

Deborah Orlowski doesn’t need Siri to tell her what traffic is like on the M-14. She can hear it from inside her house. A small thicket of bushes and trees separates her property from the M-14, a state freeway that stretches from Interstate 94 in Washtenaw County to...

Michigan bill would put speed cameras in work zones

by Fix MI State | Mar 1, 2023 | Work Zone Safety

Drivers speeding through Michigan construction zones could soon be caught on video and fined. A new bipartisan bill, House Bill 4132, would put cameras with sensors to detect speeders in work zones. The system would take pictures of speeding cars and their license...

MITA urges support for work zone safety bill

by Fix MI State | Feb 27, 2023 | Roads & Bridges

Rob Coppersmith, executive vice president of the Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association (MITA), issued the following statement urging support for House Bill 4132, bipartisan legislation from Rep. Will Snyder (D-Muskegon) and Rep. Mike Mueller...