Bulletins
It’s prime lobby season for MITA! Mark your calendars for Tuesday, May 14, and please plan to join us in downtown Lansing. MITA members are invited to come down to the Capitol for a morning legislative briefing and the opportunity to spend the day lobbying their state representatives and state senators.
Since 2007 MITA has been advocating for change in the MDOT On-the-Job-Training (OJT) Program allocation procedures to account for the declining MDOT program, the increased costs of materials, and the decrease in labor hours on projects due to technological advances. Those MITA advocacy efforts have finally paid off as evidenced
It’s prime lobby season for MITA! Mark your calendars for Tuesday, May 14, and please plan to join us in downtown Lansing. MITA members are invited to come down to the Capitol for a morning legislative briefing and the opportunity to spend the day lobbying their state representatives and state senators.
With spring weather nearly upon us, it’s that time of year again: pothole season! As temperatures fluctuate dramatically day to day, Michigan drivers are likely to find themselves dodging potholes all over our state. Despite your best efforts, you might find yourself in a repair shop soon, thanks to our
The media has reported a lot on the 2011 negotiations between President Obama and congressional leaders to raise the federal debt limit. The failure of those negotiations to reach an agreement by its November 2011 deadline triggered a “sequestration” process that will lead to a $1.2 trillion deficit reduction by
MITA has recently been informed that the FHWA will be focusing their 2013 construction oversight reviews on the following items: Pavement marking removal process and ways to limit the scaring on the final wearing surface Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control maintenance of devices and documentation of compliance Extra Work/Force Account
Dear Members, As the transportation and infrastructure funding battle continues to gain traction in Lansing, we need YOUR help to keep the momentum going around the state. Two state representatives currently have transportation and infrastructure funding surveys on their websites, and we need all of our members to partake in
For those that may be interested in learning the roles and function of MDOT’s Operations Field Services Division, click here for a recently released Operations Field Services Newsletter.
TO: Detroit & Southeast Carpenters POA Contractors FROM: Michael A. Nystrom, Executive Vice President/Secretary DATE: March 5, 2013 RE: Table Agreement Reached with the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters (Detroit and Southeast Michigan Bridge Contractors Division) MITA has been successful in the negotiation of an eight (8) year extension to
MDOT recently issued a spring weight/load restriction that imposes restrictions for the following area effective 8:00 A.M. Monday, March 11, 2013. All state trunkline highways south of and including US-10 in Ludington east to M-47 south to M-46 east to Port Sanilac. All state trunkline highways from the southern Michigan
MITA was recently notified of a business scam involving the collection of $125 fee from a non-governmental entity called “Michigan Corporate Compliance Company”. The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) recently issued a bulletin about this scam and informed companies that although these phony letters can look authentic,
Transportation funding continues to be the most talked about issue within the Michigan legislature and has been since the new year began. Looked at as one of the few things left undone in the 2011 – 2012 legislative cycle, there is an overwhelming sense of acceptance among the lawmakers that
