by Fix MI State | May 25, 2022 | Press Releases & Statements
LANSING, Mich. – Rob Coppersmith, executive vice president of the Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association (MITA), issued the following statement following the release of an EPIC-MRA poll showing that Michigan voters rate infrastructure as the top...
by Fix MI State | May 24, 2022 | Work Zone Safety
Michigan drivers speeding through construction zones on state highways would be caught on an automated speed radar and issued warnings and fines under a bill pending in the Legislature. House Bill 5750 would give the Michigan Department of Transportation and state...
by Fix MI State | May 24, 2022 | Work Zone Safety
LANSING, Mich. – Rob Coppersmith, executive vice president of the Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association (MITA), issued the following statement after the House Judiciary Committee voted in support of House Bill 5750, legislation that would allow for...
by Fix MI State | May 18, 2022 | Roads & Bridges
DETROIT (WXYZ) — After a man fell through the Spruce Street pedestrian bridge over the Lodge Freeway in Detroit earlier this month, many wondered why it took the Michigan Department of Transportation almost a week to respond to the incident. MDOT says it was not aware...
by Fix MI State | May 11, 2022 | Roads & Bridges
Copper Country roads were in slightly better condition overall than the state average, though it fares worse when trunkline roads are excluded. The Michigan Transportation Asset Management Council, part of the state Department of Transportation, recently released its...
by Fix MI State | May 11, 2022 | Roads & Bridges
A report released last week shows increased state and federal spending is helping Michigan’s crumbling roads. The Michigan Transportation Asset Management Council report says 67% of federal aid paved state roads are in fair (42%) to good (25%) condition. That is a...
by Fix MI State | May 5, 2022 | Dams & Other
The failure of two Michigan dams that forced evacuation of 10,000 people and destroyed 150 homes was “foreseeable and preventable,” resulting from errors and miscalculations over nearly a century, an expert panel said Wednesday. The Edenville Dam on the Tittabawassee...
by Fix MI State | May 5, 2022 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
In this Lake Michigan vacation town, boulder-sized chunks of concrete have collapsed from a century-old city standpipe that helps supply water to bistro taps, condominiums and garden hoses. And judging by the latest fissure, another few tons could fall at any moment....
by Fix MI State | Apr 29, 2022 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
The City of Cheboygan is joining many other communities across the state working to improve infrastructure and replace old water pipes. For Cheboygan, about two miles of lead pipes would be replaced. It’s an expensive project but there is some state funding available...
by Fix MI State | Apr 15, 2022 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan roads will continue to erode and cost taxpayers $25 billion per year by 2031 if lawmakers don’t commit to more money for upkeep, according to a national transportation report released Thursday. Conducted by Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit research group...
