MITA In the News – 9/6-9/13

Roads

What Metro Detroit drivers can expect from the biggest 2025 road work projects (WXYZ, 9/11/24)

 

Funding

Macomb County lawmaker wants to preserve more than $1M in road funding (Michigan Advance, 9/12/24)

Voters to decide on renewing tax for road maintenance in Freedom Township (MLive, 9/9/24) ATTACHED

A look into the impacts of the bipartisan infrastructure law in Michigan (CBS Detroit, 9/12/24)

Buttigieg Surveys U.S. 127, I-496 Interchange (MIRS, 9/6/24) ATTACHED

  

Worker Safety

Construction Suicide Prevention Week helping end suicides in the trades (WILX, 9/9/24)

  • MITA Mention: “They work a lot of hours, they work through a lot of tough conditions and it’s really hard work,” said Greg Brooks, Director of Safety Compliance with Michigan’s Infrastructure Transportation Association. (MORE IN STORY)

 

Dams

Restoring Michigan rivers by cleaning up, removing crumbling dams (Bridge Michigan, 9/6/24)