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...
by Fix MI State | May 15, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
A year ago, Genesee County bridge inspectors discovered holes in the steel beams holding up a bridge over the Swartz Creek. The two-lane bridge, on Grand Blanc Road near U.S. 23, is now being held together by temporary steel supports until it can be replaced in 2020 —...
by Fix MI State | May 15, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan is not the first state to consider replacing a lot of bridges in rough shape in a relatively short amount of time. In pitching its “bridge bundling” program — an $850 million to $1 billion proposal to repair groups of bridges at once to get all of Michigan’s...
by Fix MI State | May 15, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Nearly 450 bridges across Michigan are rated serious or critical (49 of which are closed because they are unsafe). Engineers grade bridges’ safety based on the quality of the deck, superstructure, substructure and drainage culverts. Use this map to see which...
by Fix MI State | May 13, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Many groups across our state have urged Michigan governors and legislators, elected over the past two decades, to exercise leadership and pass a plan that will truly fix Michigan’s crumbling roads and bridges. Michigan voters — who in nearly every poll say that fixing...
