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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
by Fix MI State | Feb 23, 2023 | Roads & Bridges
This opinion piece was published in Bridge Michigan and was written by John F. Hanieski, Ph.D., the former chief economist of the Michigan Department of Commerce. For more, click here. With the transition to electric vehicles, motor fuel taxes will diminish and...
by Fix MI State | Feb 23, 2023 | Roads & Bridges
By the year 2032, it could cost drivers more than gas at the pump to ride on Michigan roadways. That’s according to the MI Statewide Tolling Study, a statewide analysis which looked at the potential creation of a new, electronic tolling system that would encompass...
