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MEDIA ADVISORY: Public Sector Consultants releases new report examining Michigan’s road funding crisis

MEDIA ADVISORY Public Sector Consultants releases new report examining Michigan’s road funding crisis  Leaders gather to raise awareness on the issues facing Michigan’s transportation funding   WHAT: Public Sector Consultants is releasing a new report, examining the road funding crisis that Michigan currently faces. They have spent the past year
Engineering

2023 Spring Weight Restriction #3

Effective 6:00 am Monday, March 6th, 2023 weight restrictions will be imposed and enforced on all state trunk line highways within an area of Michigan described as follows: Highways north of a line on M-46 in Muskegon County from the US-31 Business Route in the City of Muskegon then east
Safety

ARTBA Urges Members to Sign Suicide Awareness Proclamation

MITA is standing with Ajax Paving of Florida and ARTBA in the “Suicide in Construction Awareness” proclamation and is urging our members to do the same. Ajax Paving of Florida President Vince Hafeli, Feb. 7 successfully generated signatures for a new “Suicide in Construction Awareness” proclamation during the Florida Transportation
Legislative

Donor Spotlight / Camera Enforcement

        This week’s PAC Donor Spotlight company is Toebe Construction LLC. Toebe has been a long-standing supporter of the MITA PAC and once again they are this year as well.. The company had 6 different employees donate to the PAC. Brad Stover Andy Stover Carrie Pennington Dave
Safety

MISS DIG seminar – 3/15/23

MISS DIG team members have volunteered to come to the MITA office to present a class for MITA members. The class is free and open to all MITA members. It will be an interactive, in-person class where attendees will be taken step by step through the process of entering tickets
MITA in the News

Radio Results Network:Michigan Construction Group Supports Work Zone Camera Legislation

February 28, 2023 Radio Results Network Rob Coppersmith, executive vice president of the Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association (MITA), issued the following statement urging support for House Bill 4132, bipartisan legislation from Rep. Will Snyder (D-Muskegon) and Rep. Mike Mueller (R-Linden) that would allow for the placement of automated speed cameras in
MITA in the News

WOOD TV: Michigan bill would put speed cameras in work zones

February 28, 2023 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Drivers speeding through Michigan construction zones could soon be caught on video and fined. A new bipartisan bill, House Bill 4132, would put cameras with sensors to detect speeders in work zones. The system would take pictures of speeding cars and their license
Engineering

MDOT’s April Pilot Letting

On February 28th, 2023 MDOT released a revision to the January 25th Contractor Announcement notifying of process changes for the 2023 April bid lettings. The announcement (found here) stated that MDOT will proceed with its plan to not publish the Eligible Bidders List and will provide a financial range (now
Press Releases

MITA Urges Support for Workzone Safety Bill

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 27, 2023 CONTACT: Adam Bitely, (202) 689-9266, abitely@martinwaymire.com LANSING, Mich. – Rob Coppersmith, executive vice president of the Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association (MITA), issued the following statement urging support for House Bill 4132, bipartisan legislation from Rep. Will Snyder (D-Muskegon) and Rep. Mike Mueller (R-Linden)
Engineering

2023 Spring Weight Restriction #2

Effective 6:00 a.m. Friday, February 24, 2023 weight restrictions will be imposed and enforced on all state trunk line highways within an area of Michigan described as follows: Highways north of a line on M-43 in the City of South Haven, then east on M-43 to US-131 in Kalamazoo County,
Safety

Save the Date: National Work Zone Awareness Week is April 17-21, 2023

The 2023 National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) is an annual spring campaign that encourages safe driving through work zones. Each year in the spring, National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) is held to bring national attention to motorist and worker safety in work zones. This year’s theme, “You play a
Legislative

Support the MITA PAC

Thank you to all of those who donated to the MITA PAC in 2023.  As mentioned in other communications, the MITA PAC saw its strongest year ever in 2022, raising over the $250,000 goal that the newly resurrected PAC Committee had established. It is now time for us to ramp