Road Funding/State Budget
GOP unveils road spending plan, $3.1 billion towards fixing the roads (FOX 47, 2/6/25)
Republican lawmakers unveil plan to fund Michigan roads (WILX, 2/6/25)
Hall On Budget, ‘Sanctuary Cities,’ Funding A Roads Deal (Gongwer, 2/6/25) ATTACHED
Budget Grows In ‘Sustainable’ Way; Road Funding Proposal On Blocks (MIRS, 2/5/25) ATTACHED
Whitmer’s budget plan leaves unanswered questions on Michigan roads, economic development (Detroit News, 2/6/25) ATTACHED
Want To Keep Corporate Incentives? Hall Says He’s Open To Raising The CIT (MIRS, 2/6/25) ATTACHED
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to test drive new road funding plan next week (Detroit Free Press, 2/6/25) ATTACHED
- MITA Mention: “We are eagerly awaiting in anticipation,” said Lance Binoniemi, vice president of government affairs for the Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association, which pegs Michigan’s annual road funding deficit at more than $4 billion…
Michigan motorists have seen plenty of orange barrels on state highways in recent years and might feel those roads are in relatively good shape, at least relative to decades past, Binoniemi agreed.
But Binoniemi said Wednesday that is less true of local roads and now is the time to approve a new plan before roads and bridges deteriorate further and many skilled workers leave Michigan to work in other states. [MORE IN STORY]
Whitmer’s Road Plan To Come; For Now, Budget Provides For Exploratory Options (Gongwer, 2/5/25) ATTACHED
Whitmer to propose road-funding plan next week — after budget presentation (Crain’s Detroit Business, 2/3/25) ATTACHED
Report card: Gretchen Whitmer’s 48 promises during State of State speeches (Bridge Michigan, 2/3/25)
Michigan’s Big Show with Lance Binoniemi (2/3/25)
- MITA Mention: Lance interview
