Bulletins
A long awaited debate on passing a federal transportation reauthorization budget is occurring in both chambers of Congress. This week the U.S. Senate reached an agreement to consider 30 amendments in an effort to pass S. 1813, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21stCentury Act. In addition, U.S. House
With their February 24, 2012, formal issuance of Bureau of Highway Instructional Memorandum (BOHIM) 2012-03 Processing Contract Modifications, MDOT has put into place internal procedures that will significantly expedite the processing and approval of contract modifications on all MDOT let construction projects. The development and implementation of these procedures was the
As a result of widespread confusion related to DBE information at time of bid submittal in the February lettings, MDOT has suspended the following DBE initiatives for the March 2nd and March 16th lettings. Capacity Targeted Projects The requirement that bidders submit DBE information at the time of bid has been
MITA members have been busy discussing the issue of infrastructure funding with their elected officials, family and friends. With the recent introduction of 30 bills between both the House and the Senate, it is expected that more and more questions will come up during these meetings. To help navigate through
The House Congressional Ways and Means Committee is scheduled to meet on Friday, February 3, 2012, where discussions are anticipated to be held on whether to exempt water projects from state bond caps. The benefit of exempting water projects from the state bond cap would be to help cash-strapped communities
MITA has been informed that MDOT will be revising their restriction on the use of crushed concrete for projects in the March 2nd letting. MDOT plans to issue an addendum for the impacted projects that will revise the current prohibition (use of crushed concrete is prohibited within 500’ of any watercourse)
On Tuesday, January 31, MDOT published a special provision that prohibited the use of crushed concrete within 500 feet of any watercourse. MDOT added the Special Provision for Crushed Concrete Near Water to projects to be let this Friday, February 3, by addendum, and they plan to incorporate it into existing contracts
During last week’s State of the State message Governor Rick Snyder referenced a comprehensive package of bills that would be introduced in the near future to address the inadequate infrastructure needs of Michigan. Through Governor Snyder’s leadership and many months of determined effort by MITA staff and MITA members, a
Since 2007, the state prevailing wage rules pertaining to truck drivers have changed multiple times as the State of Michigan Wage and Hour Division (W&HD) issued new interpretations of the law which progressively made compliance more inclusive. Under the current W&HD interpretation (issued in 2009) only bona fide owner-operators and
One of the most important ways we can accomplish our goal for adequate infrastructure investment is by engaging the public and getting the message out that we are in a crisis regarding our roads and bridges in Michigan. As Governor Snyder said, “[We are] living on borrowed time”. We NEED
As the administrative impact of MDOT’s “new” interpretation of MDOT BOHIM 2010-08 became known, specifically as it related to the requirement of an original signature on the submitted Materials Source List (Form 501), MITA immediately met with MDOT advocating for removal of the requirement. MITA staff requested that MDOT reinstate
The government affairs team at MITA has been very active following Governor Snyder’s special message in late October. Given the rapidly changing environment, MITA staff felt it was necessary to provide members an update on the status of the efforts to secure additional infrastructure dollars. The governor’s message called for
