by Fix MI State | Feb 9, 2022 | Roads & Bridges
If you’ve ever driven across the Michigan-Ohio border – you know the obvious change in pavement quality. In case you’re wondering – it has nothing to do with the Toledo War of the mid-1800s. Ohio always seems to have better road conditions despite...
by Fix MI State | Feb 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
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 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
By looking at Google searches for pothole-related complaints going back to 2004, Michigan has the third-worst pothole problems in the nation. The report, recently released by QuoteWizard, an online insurance marketplace, analyzed search data for pothole-related...
by Fix MI State | Feb 3, 2022 | Roads & Bridges
A two-lane bridge in Pittsburgh collapsed, stranding a commuter bus about halfway across. Oddly enough, the incident happened on the same day President Joe Biden was traveling to the city to talk about his $1 trillion infrastructure bill. Thankfully, no one was killed...
by Fix MI State | Jan 28, 2022 | Work Zone Safety
A collaborative task force between the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the heavy construction industry recently gave its first awards recognizing outstanding efforts to put safety first in work zones across the state. MDOT, along with executives from...
by Natalie Kozma | Jan 27, 2022 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
Crews with the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department were working Wednesday to repair 75 active water main breaks, about half the number reported since the beginning of the year. “We expect the final number for January will be the highest it has been in the past...
by Fix MI State | Jan 20, 2022 | Dams & Other, Roads & Bridges, Stormwater & Wastewater
Governor Gretchen Whitmer established the Michigan Infrastructure Office and to ensure resources sent to Michigan under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan, are used effectively and efficiently to repair roads...
by Fix MI State | Jan 20, 2022 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan is getting $563.1 million to repair brides under President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan. The U.S. Department of Transportation launched the Bridge Replacement, Rehabilitation, Preservation, Protection and Construction program under the law. With the...
by Fix MI State | Jan 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
This is an opinion piece originally published in the Lansing State Journal and was written by Rob Coppersmith, the interim executive vice president of the Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association. Read more here. As 2022 begins, Michigan finds itself...
by Fix MI State | Jan 7, 2022 | Roads & Bridges
“Knowledge is power,” a short and simple statement from Eaton County’s Emergency Manager Ryan Wilkinson. Just a couple of days after a snowstorm stranded drivers on I-95 in Virginia, Wilkinson is urging people to be prepared in case they ever find themselves in a...
