by Fix MI State | May 29, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan’s crumbling roads won’t be fixed with “fairy dust and wishful thinking,” Michigan Chamber of Commerce President Rich Studley said Tuesday as business, local government and builder groups renewed calls for state lawmakers to work with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on...
by Fix MI State | May 29, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Now that lawmakers have reached a deal on auto insurance, it’s time for them to get cracking on a road funding solution, Michigan business and local government leaders said Tuesday. During a Tuesday morning press conference, Michigan Chamber of Commerce President and...
by Fix MI State | May 29, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan residents agree with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and infrastructure experts who say Michigan’s roads are in bad shape, and will get worse if the state doesn’t invest to fix them. But there is little consensus on solutions, from the amount of extra money Michigan...
by Fix MI State | May 29, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Wayne County needs to invest over $3 billion in the next 10 years for 90% of infrastructure to be brought to fair to good condition, according to a new report that finds more than half of the county’s roads in poor condition. The report, the county’s...
by Fix MI State | May 28, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
As state lawmakers head to Mackinac Island to talk about issues facing Michigan, group leaders call for long-term legislative solutions LANSING, Mich. — Michigan business and groups representing Michigan’s municipalities urged the Legislature and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer...
by Fix MI State | May 21, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
36,375.155 lane miles of Michigan roads that are eligible for federal-aid repair costs have been rated poor in 2018, according to the Michigan Transportation Asset Management Council’s annual report. That represents 41% of all federal-aid roads in Michigan and...
by Fix MI State | May 21, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan’s bridges are in such bad shape — 11% are in poor or worse condition compared with 8% nationwide — that fixing them at the current pace could take an estimated 92 years. As of 2018, there were 62 bridges around the state that were actually closed to traffic,...
by Fix MI State | May 21, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday took her infrastructure repair plans to an aging bridge here in dire need of it, calling for more investment in replacing failing bridges that she believes will ultimately protect motorists. Whitmer was joined by Wayne County...
by Fix MI State | May 21, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
In light of the ongoing road-funding debate in our state, I am often asked what we at the Road Commission for Oakland County would do differently if we had adequate funding to address the roads. The answer is a great deal. We have been underfunded for so long that we...
by Fix MI State | May 16, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
In this segment of The Transportation Facts, we examine asset management. That term gets used a lot when discussing increasing investments into our transportation network, but many people do not understand what it means. Asset management is a systematic process of...
