by Fix MI State | Aug 25, 2022 | Work Zone Safety
LANSING, Mich. (WJRT) – More than 1,100 people died in traffic crashes around Michigan in 2021, reaching the highest death toll in 16 years. Michigan State Police released data on Friday showing that traffic crashes statewide claimed 1,131 lives last year, which...
by Fix MI State | Aug 19, 2022 | Press Releases & Statements
Rob Coppersmith, executive vice president of the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association (MITA), issued the following statement regarding the state of emergency for Lapeer, Macomb, Oakland, and St. Clair counties following a water main break near the...
by Fix MI State | Aug 18, 2022 | Roads & Bridges
Road construction season is in full swing with major projects going on across metro Detroit roads and highways. Now, we’re getting a closer look at what the Michigan Department of Transportation plans to do to fix the roads over the next five years. The plan was...
by Fix MI State | Aug 18, 2022 | Work Zone Safety
In August 2021, in the parking lot of a Shop-N-Save in northern Michigan’s Benzie County, a 77-year-old woman was struck and killed by a large pick-up truck. In October, a high school senior walking home from school in Rochester was hit by another student driving...
by Fix MI State | Aug 11, 2022 | Roads & Bridges
The amount of federal highway money automatically coming into Michigan will jump by roughly a third in the next five years, thanks to the new infrastructure law. The Michigan Department of Transportation will primarily use that to speed up projects in its pipeline, a...
by Fix MI State | Aug 10, 2022 | Work Zone Safety
To reduce traffic fatalities – which are at an all-time high – and protect work zones and employees, the Michigan infrastructure industry is launching an effort to get drivers to slow down. Starting in August, the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association...
by Fix MI State | Aug 9, 2022 | Stormwater & Wastewater
(CBS Detroit) – Last summer’s record rainfall caused massive flooding throughout Metro-Detroit. Although issues with the infrastructure were addressed, some areas are still prone for overflow. The Michigan Department of Transportation currently has 140 pump stations...
by Fix MI State | Aug 5, 2022 | Work Zone Safety
The Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association, also known as MITA, wants drivers to know about a campaign they’re promoting. “The campaign is not a new campaign,” said MITA Executive Vice President Rob Coppersmith. “Its been done throughout the years, and...
by Fix MI State | Aug 5, 2022 | Work Zone Safety
This story was written by Elena Durnbaugh for Gongwer News Service. Read more here. Drivers are going too fast in construction zones, and it’s killing people. The Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association, a trade association representing heavy...
by Fix MI State | Aug 3, 2022 | Stormwater & Wastewater
DETROIT (FOX 2) – Detroit says it’s taking on one of its most ambitious stormwater projects ever with the launch of a new $40 million system that will divert rainwater and snowmelt from an entire west Detroit neighborhood. When complete, the two new...
