Bulletins
The MITA legislative team has been busy this week pushing policymakers to act on key issues. There is about $160 million in airport funding projects tied up in a capitol outlay bill pending in the Legislature. MITA has been very concerned that the delay in approving these federal dollars will
ARTBA recently published the following information and statistics for transportation construction material prices and inflation. For 2007 as a whole, highway and street construction prices were up 5.7 percent compared to 2006, while inflation was up 2.8 percent. Since 2003, the cost of materials for highway and street contractors has
Through the Executive Order Working Group, industry leaders continue to meet with representatives of the City of Detroit Mayor’s Office to pursue the creation of administrative guidelines for implementation of Executive Order 2007-1. Issued by Mayor Kilpatrick last September, the Executive Order (EO) states that all City of Detroit construction
In support of the Governor Granholm’s “Buy Michigan First Initiative” the Department of Management and Budget, Facilities Administration, Design & Construction Division is co-sponsoring, along with the Procurement Technical Assistance Center, Macomb Community College, an outreach event, on June 11th, tailored specifically for the design and construction community. “Buy Michigan
MITA lobbyists continue to work to garner support for an additional $1 billion annual investment in transportation funding by aggressively reaching out to legislators. This week’s calendar was jam-packed with legislator meetings in order to talk to them before summer recess. Last year, MITA individually met with over 80 legislators
This bulletin will serve as MITA’s annual reminder to our contractor members of the issue of tax liability on construction materials that are being incorporated in projects of tax-exempt owners. Contractors performing work for public agencies, churches and schools are often faced with this precarious issue. Many of these owners
MITA Continues Work on MBT Fix While the state Senate is off on break for the next two weeks, MITA continues to push forward on the MBT Materials Deduction fix highlighted in recent bulletins. Before the Senate went on break last week, a motion was made to discharge the legislation
MITA Testifies Before House Committee Last week, Mike Nystrom and Keith Ledbetter testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation to provide feedback on the proposed 2009 Transportation budget. Billed as a “continuation budget”, Nystrom and Ledbetter sent a clear message of what the state was “continuing” by not addressing
The following article was written in Gongwer Michigan Report No. 41, dated February 29, 2008. The Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association, along with officials for general contractors, homebuilders and builders and contractors, are lobbying lawmakers over an effort to include certain materials in a deduction to the Michigan Business Tax
Bureaucrats in the MI Department of Treasury have unilaterally decided that the Michigan Business Tax (MBT) materials deduction approved by the Legislature last year does not apply to most construction materials. This, despite claims by key legislators that the deduction was part of the final MBT compromise agreement with MITA
Send a “Pothole” Letter to the Editor Have you hit any potholes yet this year? One of the single best ways that you can help push for state transportation funding to repair our roads is with a letter to the editor. Please click here to access sample letters to the editor regarding
The US Department of Labor and the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth have informed MITA that the enforcement of prevailing wage compliance will remain a high priority in 2008. In an effort to alleviate some of the confusion surrounding when prevailing wages (Davis-Bacon or Michigan Prevailing Wage) apply
