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The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has named Gregg Brunner as chief operations officer (COO), succeeding current MDOT Director Bradley C. Wieferich. Brunner has served as the acting COO since December 2022 and brings more than 24 years of experience and leadership with the State of Michigan to his new

MITA’s EVP Rob Coppersmith was appointed this morning to Governor Whitmer’s “Growing Michigan Together Council.” The purpose of the council is to identify evidence-based goals in the areas of infrastructure, population, and education. A report from the council is due to the Governor by December 1st of this year! MITA

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has issued a project information sheet for rehabilitation of I-75 NB & SB over the Rouge River, Dearborn Street, and RR (B01 of 82194). The project will include superstructure repairs with complex temporary supports, constraint induced fracture (CIF) retrofits, miscellaneous structural steel repairs, structural

Legislation pushed by MITA that allows speed camera enforcement within work zones passed the House of Reps last week. After several years of increased fatalities within work zones, MITA and MDOT formed the Work Zone Safety Taskforce focusing on protecting our workers on job sites. Of the many recommendations from

Work Zone Safety Police: Speeding driver killed entering I-75 work zone near Holly (ABC 12, 6/28/23) 1 dead, dog injured in I-75 construction zone crash in Springfield Twp. (The Detroit News, 6/28/23) National Work Zone Memorial returns to Clare Welcome Center (WNEM, 6/26/23) Orange barrels to move over for Independence

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 22, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT Courtney Bates 517-242-0950 BatesC@Michigan.gov For the second year in a row, the Michigan Department of Transportation’s (MDOT) Clare Welcome Center will host the National Work Zone Memorial over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. This special memorial honors the more than

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 22, 2023 CONTACT: Adam Bitely (202) 689-9266 abitely@martinwaymire.com MITA praises House passage of work zone safety bill LANSING, Mich. – Rob Coppersmith, executive vice president of the Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association (MITA), issued the following statement praising passage of House Bill 4132 & 4133 in the Michigan House

Wood TV, June 21, 2023 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A new report by TRIP, a national transportation research nonprofit, shows traffic-related deaths in Michigan spiked 15% between 2019 and 2022, even when COVID-related closures forced many to work from home. “The report shows that speeds on Michigan roads have increased

Against MITA’s urgings, the MISS Dig System implemented changes to the size of a polygon (scope) allowed per ticket. This simple act has only increased the number of tickets in a currently overburdened system and served to amplify further the shortcomings of the locating community. MITA is hoping to right

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has issued updated project information sheets for the Local Agency Bridge Bundling (CRRSAA/Phase II) (DB) projects. Due to changes stemming from the recent debt ceiling package deal passed by congress MDOT now has to find a new source of funding for the construction phase

MDOT has updated the Project Information Sheet for the Blue Water Bridge Design-Build Project. The project scope includes reconstruction and reconfiguration of the Blue Water Bridge Corridor and Plaza Expansion in the city of Port Huron. Project includes, but is not limited to, work along I69/I-94 ramps and connector roads