Road Funding
Coppersmith: It’s time for action to fund and fix Michigan’s roads (The Detroit News, 2/18/25) ATTACHED
- MITA Mention: Rob’s op-ed
Michigan governor unveils $3B transportation-funding plan (Land Line Media, 2/18/25)
- MITA Mention: Seven years later, the state is wrestling with an annual deficit in road funding that the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association estimated at $3.9 billion.
Whitmer, Hall’s Road Funding Proposals Leave CRC Scratching Its Head (MIRS, 2/18/25) ATTACHED
Michigan’s highway funding becomes the white whale of public policy (Lansing City Pulse, 2/19/25)
EVs
Dispute Emerges On Whether EVs Pay Fair Share (MIRS, 2/18/25) ATTACHED
- MITA Mention: Lance BINONIEMI of the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association (MITA)
was responding to a D report from Friday in which the Ecology Center in Ann Arbor claimed
EV owners, in some cases, pay more annually than owners of gas-powered vehicles
(See “EV Owners? They Pay Money For Roads,” 2/14/25)… [MORE IN STORY]
EV Owners? They Pay Money For Roads (MIRS, 2/14/25) ATTACHED
Work Zone Safety
In Many Areas, Work Zone Camera Programs Proving Successful (Construction Equipment Guide, 2/20/25)
Michigan Legislature
Paid Sick Leave Changes Clear Legislature Under The Wire (Gongwer, 2/20/25) ATTACHED
- Road Funding Mention: Rep. Alabas Farhat (D-Dearborn) expressed similar optimism that with negotiations complete on tipped wage and earned sick time, the Legislature could move forward on a long-term roads funding solution.
“We’ve shown the ability to come together and get things done in a bipartisan way, I really hope we begin to shift the focus to long-term road funding,” he said. “The governor’s brought a really good proposal, Speaker Hall has brought a good proposal, and they’re actually closer than people think. … We need to get this done. People are expecting us to get road funding done.”
Underground Infrastructure
Southwest Detroiters Cope with Flood Aftermath Amid Water Infrastructure Crisis (Michigan Chronicle, 2/20/25)
Nearly 300 Detroit residents forced out of homes after water line break (NBC News, 2/18/25)
Southwest Detroit homes damaged in ‘massive’ water main break will be fixed by city (Bridge Detroit, 2/17/25)
