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MITA’s Executive Vice President Robert Coppersmith and MITA’s Vice President of Government Affairs Lance Binoniemi were featured speakers at today’s infrastructure funding press conference in Lansing. Public Sector Consultants released the Michigan Transportation Infrastructure Needs and Funding Solutions report, and many media interviews followed. This page will be updated daily
Effective 8:00 am Wednesday, March 8th, 2023 weight restrictions will be imposed and enforced on all state trunk line highways north of a line on M-46 in Muskegon County from the US-31 Business Route in the City of Muskegon then east to US-131 then North on US-131 to M-46 then
LANSING, Mich. – Public Sector Consultants (PSC) released the Michigan Transportation Infrastructure Needs and Funding Solutions report today that found that Michigan faces a $3.9 billion annual funding shortfall to fix Michigan’s deteriorating roads and bridges. At a press conference Tuesday morning, leaders from Michigan’s road building industry and business community gathered to
WHMI 93.5 Local News, March 4, 2023 A local lawmaker is cosponsoring a bill to assist in the safety of Michigan’s road workers. House Bill 4132, cosponsored by Representative Mike Mueller of Linden, would add automated speed cameras to construction zones and stricter enforcement of work zone speed limits. The
Bridge Michigan, February 24, 2023 ANN ARBOR — Deborah Orlowski doesn’t need Siri to tell her what traffic is like on the M-14. She can hear it from inside her house. A small thicket of bushes and trees separates her property from the M-14, a state freeway that stretches from
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
