by Fix MI State | Feb 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
Michigan may soon see automated speed cameras placed in construction zones to protect road workers under two new pieces of bipartisan legislation introduced to the Michigan Legislature as part of an effort to make work zones safe statewide. Both introduced on Feb. 15,...
by Fix MI State | Feb 25, 2022 | Roads & Bridges
It’s pothole season, but what happened to the calls to fix the roads? Lance Binoniemi is the vice president of government affairs for the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association. He told Michigan News Network this week the new budget and bond...
by Natalie Kozma | Feb 25, 2022 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan’s potholes are beginning to emerge from the state’s network of roads as winter turns a corner and warmer temperatures start to return to the forecast. Cracked pavement and pieces of asphalt are a typical sight for Metro Detroit drivers in February...
by Fix MI State | Feb 18, 2022 | Work Zone Safety
Legislation has been introduced in Lansing to allow speed cameras in road construction zones. Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association Vice President Rob Coppersmith tells WSJM News his group backs the legislation. He says there were 14 work zone...
by Fix MI State | Feb 18, 2022 | Work Zone Safety
As construction workers push to get Michigan’s roads in better condition, they have to deal with enough on-the-job hazards — they definitely don’t need drivers creating new ones. That’s why a pair of Michigan representatives have come together from across the aisle to...
by Fix MI State | Feb 16, 2022 | Press Releases & Statements
LANSING, Mich. – Rob Coppersmith, executive vice president of the Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association (MITA), issued the following statement urging support for House Bill 5750 and Senate Bill 874, bi-partisan legislation from Sen. Wayne Schmidt...
by Fix MI State | Feb 10, 2022 | Press Releases & Statements, Roads & Bridges
Michiganders are reacting to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s proposed $74.1 billion fiscal year 2023 budget that aims to increase spending year-over-year by $4.1 billion. The governor’s proposed budget would spend roughly $18 billion on education, $6 billion on...
by Fix MI State | Feb 10, 2022 | Roads & Bridges
Governor Gretchen Whitmer will formally present her proposed budget on Wednesday. The spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year includes more money for roads and other infrastructure. The governor wants a billion-dollar boost to infrastructure funding. That would be...
by Fix MI State | Feb 10, 2022 | Roads & Bridges
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has proposed a $74.1 billion state budget that would significantly boost education spending, pay bonuses to frontline workers and cut taxes for retirees and low-income families. The election-year plan comes with Michigan awash in surplus revenues...
by Fix MI State | Feb 9, 2022 | Press Releases & Statements
LANSING, Mich. – Rob Coppersmith, executive vice president of the Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association (MITA), issued the following statement applauding the plan from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to boost infrastructure funding as part of her 2023 budget...
