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Ensure your crew is up-to-date on critical safety certifications and standards with MITA’s comprehensive training day. Save time and resources by enrolling your team in one convenient session – tailored to cover the essentials every crew needs to stay safe and compliant. Date: March 26, 2025 Location: The Sneeden Center,
Work Zone Safety Senate OKs Electronic Speed Enforcement In Some Highway Work Zones (MIRS, 11/7/24) ATTACHED Michigan Senate approves cameras, automatic speeding tickets for work zones (The Detroit News, 11/7/24) MITA Mention: “Construction sites are dangerous places, especially when working on the side of highways with traffic moving at high
After a long and contentious campaign season, the Michigan House of Representatives will flip majority control to Republicans beginning January 1, 2025. Four Democratic incumbents lost their re-election efforts, giving Republicans a 58 to 52-seat majority when the session officially begins on January 8, 2025. Each caucus met this afternoon
The State Transportation Commission’s (STC) approval of the MDOT 2025-2029 Five-Year Transportation Program at their November meeting served as MDOT’s formal announcement that they will invest $3.9 billion in their FY 2025 Transportation Program. The focus of the FY 2025 capital investments will be continuing preservation of the transportation system,
Join us for MITA’s upcoming OSHA 30 Training in Okemos, MI, designed to help you build essential safety skills for the construction industry! Dates: Jan. 27, Feb. 3, Feb. 17, Feb. 24, 2025 Location: MITA Office, 2937 Atrium Dr., Okemos, MI 48864 Cost: $600 per person (includes training materials, breakfast,
Politics Labor Voices: Harris better for construction workers (The Detroit News, 10/29/24) ATTACHED Infrastructure Funding Michigan gets $196M grant from feds for River Raisin Bridge, I-75 project in Monroe Co. (The Detroit News, 10/29/24) Michigan Legislature advances bill to revise county road funding distribution (Land Line, 10/28/24)
State offices are closed on the following days: •Tuesday, 11/5/24 •Monday, 11/11/24 •Thursday, 11/28/24 •Friday, 11/29/24 •Tuesday, 12/24/24 •Wednesday, 12/25/24 •Tuesday, 12/31/24 •Wednesday, 1/1/25 All NTB Contact Inquiries must be submitted at least seven calendar days (not including State Holidays) prior to the corresponding letting date.
3M is issuing a “StopUse and Recall/Replace or Remediate” notice for select 3M DBI-SALA® Sealed-BlokTM Self-Retracting Lifelines For detailed information, please refer to the link below: https://thinkmita.org/wp-content/uploads/select-3m-dbi-sala-sealed-blok-self-retracting-lifelines-stop-use.pdf
Roads Massive I-96 & I-696 construction wrapping up, but a huge one is coming in 2025 (WXYZ, 10/25/24) Gov. Whitmer’s Infrastructure Plan: More Than Just ‘Fixing the Damn Roads’ (Thumbwind, 10/22/24) Water Biden-Harris Administration Announces $134 Million for Water Infrastructure in Michigan Through Investing in America Agenda (EPA Press Release, 10/23/24)
Roads Michigan House advances bill to preserve county’s road funding (Land Line, 10/14/24) EVs Opinion | A strategy for electrification of transportation in Michigan (Bridge Michigan, 10/16/24) Walz On EVs: No One Is Mandating Anything (Gongwer, 10/11/24) ATTACHED Wastewater 50,000 gallons of wastewater overflows into river in Three
MITA Annual Conference Webpage is Live – Register Now! We’re thrilled to announce that the MITA Annual Conference webpage is live! You can now access all the information you need to register, exhibit, sponsor, reserve hotel rooms, and submit presentations for the event, happening on January 22-23, 2025, at the
Road Funding MITA Interview: Michiganders urge lawmakers to address $3.9B shortfall to fix Michigan roads (WXYZ, 10/9/24) WXYZ Broadcast FOX 47 Broadcast TV 20 Broadcast Gov Votes Absentee, Takes Questions On Walz, MSU Trustees, Road Funding, Minimum Wage, More (MIRS, 10/8/24) ATTACHED Whitmer On Key Statewide Dilemmas: Sick Time, Minimum
