by Fix MI State | Jun 20, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
The battle over Michigan’s budget is paved with potholes and while Gov. Whitmer’s solution is to raise the gas tax to repair the state’s crumbling roads, some Republicans want to divert tax money used for schools. “We’re not rebuilding...
by Fix MI State | Jun 20, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
As the governor inspected crumbling bridges in Metro Detroit on Tuesday, she explains there just isn’t enough money right now to replace them. About 75 percent of MDOT’s highway bridges are 40 or more years old. For example, the bridge at Hines Drive an...
by Fix MI State | Jun 13, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Asphalt mixed with plastic bags. Concrete that bends. Carbon fiber in bridge beams. Someday, these materials could be widely used to extend the lifespan of Michigan’s crumbling roads and bridges. Today, they’re emerging in labs and being tested in the real world to...
by Fix MI State | Jun 11, 2019 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
The Bay County Health Department issued a closure for South Linwood Beach on Saginaw Bay after collecting water surface samples that exceeded the state’s standard. The results of surface water samples collected from South Linwood Beach on Monday, June 10 have exceeded...
by Fix MI State | Jun 6, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan is like a driver stuck in the middle of a dangerous intersection. We need to move in a safer direction. But we require information to make an informed decision, the resolve to act decisively, and enough fuel in the tank to get off the mark in time to avoid a...
by Fix MI State | Jun 6, 2019 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters
The waterfront at Bluebell Beach is closed until further notice after high levels of E.coli were found amid testing at the Genesee Township facility. Genesee County Parks and Recreation issued a statement Tuesday, June 4 advising the waterfront would remain closed...
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...
