by Fix MI State | Aug 20, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan’s Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s 45-cent gas tax increase has been on the table since March, but since that time there has been no other option to fix the state’s crumbling infrastructure put forward despite plenty of gripes about the sizable increase. Whitmer and...
by Fix MI State | Aug 20, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
A coalition of business groups today urged state lawmakers to finally come up with a way to fix Michigan’s crumbling roads and bridges. While none of the business advocates offered an endorsement of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s proposal to increase state fuel taxes by 45...
by Fix MI State | Aug 20, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Several Michigan business leaders called on Governor Gretchen Whitmer and lawmakers to deliver on campaign promise of fixing the state’s roads. They held a press conference at the Michigan Chamber of Commerce at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Lansing. The business...
by Fix MI State | Aug 20, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Rich Studley wants lawmakers and the Governor to embrace the shared responsibility of fixing Michigan’s roads. “We need less talk and more action,” Studley tells WSJM News. “We agree that this is a multi-billion dollar...
by Fix MI State | Aug 19, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Larned Street will be closed between the Lodge Freeway and Griswold Monday morning after a sinkhole was found Sunday below Larned and Shelby, the City of Detroit said in a news release. “Motorists coming downtown are encouraged to use Bagley or Jefferson as...
by Fix MI State | Aug 16, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
The memes arrive in droves each spring. One shows a police officer pondering, “Is he drunk or dodging potholes?” One purports to show a millennia-old Roman road and reads, “still fewer pot holes than any street in Michigan.” Michigan’s roads have become the butt of...
by Fix MI State | Aug 16, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan’s drivers have made it clear: It’s time to fix the damn roads. Yet those blocking real solutions to fixing our deteriorating roads, bridges and other infrastructure are now raising another bogus claim to distract from the current debate: Michigan’s skilled...
by Fix MI State | Aug 13, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
A bridge in Lansing was inspected by a special guest Monday in the latest push by the Whitmer administration to pressure the state Legislature and highlight the need for an increase in funding for infrastructure. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, along with Rebecca Curtis,...
by Fix MI State | Aug 13, 2019 | Dams & Other
As Michigan legislators struggle to pass a new budget before the end of the fiscal year on September 30, Governor Gretchen Whitmer has made it clear any version of the state’s budget must include ample funding for infrastructure improvements. The governor...
by Fix MI State | Aug 8, 2019 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
From Lake Superior spots on the Keweenaw Peninsula to small, private lakes in Oakland County, a handful of beaches across the state were either closed or had contamination advisories issued by the state as of today. Some of the problems stem from high bacteria counts...
