Michigan Radio, Feb. 8, 2022 Governor Gretchen Whitmer will formally present her proposed budget on Wednesday. The spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year includes more money for roads and other infrastructure. The governor wants a billion-dollar boost to infrastructure funding. That would be a 20% increase from the current

LANSING, Mich. – Rob Coppersmith, executive vice president of the Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association (MITA), issued the following statement applauding the plan from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to boost infrastructure funding as part of her 2023 budget recommendations: “We support the Governor’s call to invest $6.3 billion into state and