by Natalie Kozma | Oct 27, 2023 | Roads & Bridges
This article originally appeared in The Gander. For more, click here. Millions of dollars in state grants awarded this month through the Michigan Department of Transportation will help fund road repairs across dozens of rural villages and cities across Michigan—and...
by Fix MI State | Oct 26, 2023 | Stormwater & Wastewater
This article appeared in Up North Live. For more, click here. It’s a problem many northern Michigan communities are dealing with: aging and crumbling water lines. In the past week, the City of Cheboygan has had more than half a dozen water main breaks....
by Fix MI State | Oct 6, 2023 | Roads & Bridges
This article originally appeared in WWMT. Read more here. Well over $1 billion is coming to Michigan to help make improvements to the state’s infrastructure. The funding has been approved by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration...
by Fix MI State | Sep 22, 2023 | Dams & Other, Roads & Bridges, Stormwater & Wastewater
This article originally appeared in One Detroit. For more, click here. Michigan’s infrastructure is crumbling — literally. Michigan has witnessed a troubling decline in the condition of its aging infrastructure, including its roads, water, and energy systems, and the...
by Fix MI State | Sep 15, 2023 | Roads & Bridges
Climate change and poor infrastructure are helping drive Michigan residents to Southern states, according to a report by the Citizens Research Council of Michigan, a public affairs research organization. Census data shows that nearly 15,000 Michigan residents — mostly...
by Fix MI State | Sep 8, 2023 | Roads & Bridges
This article originally appeared in Bridge Michigan. Read more here. Michigan drivers are all too familiar with the extra costs of driving on crumbling roads, shelling out on average hundreds of dollars per year for pothole-related repairs. Under limited...
by Fix MI State | Aug 25, 2023 | Work Zone Safety
Traffic injuries are up in the state of Michigan this year and there’s no secret why – speed, distracted driving, traveling too close. “You don’t have to be a trooper, or a police officer to drive around Metro Detroit and probably on your trip...
by Natalie Kozma | Aug 18, 2023 | Roads & Bridges
This article originally appeared in WWMT. For more, click here. $5 million in Michigan’s new state budget, signed into law by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in late July, will go toward a study intended to gauge public interest in putting mile-tracking devices in...
by Fix MI State | Aug 10, 2023 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan officials are exploring whether to replace gas taxes with “usage charges” as the auto industry’s shift to electric vehicles is expected to cut into tax revenues for road repairs. With fuel taxes projected to decline by hundreds of millions of dollars in...
by Fix MI State | Jul 14, 2023 | Work Zone Safety
The Michigan House of Representatives passed legislation that would allow “automated speed enforcement systems” to be set up in certain work zones to automatically detect and punish speeding drivers. Introduced in February, House bills 4132 and 4133 would amend...
