Bulletins
Progress is being made toward a long-term funding solution within the Legislature as House Republicans introduced an 8-bill funding package that raises $3.1B annually for Michigan’s transportation network. The bill package mirrors what Speaker Matt Hall proposed earlier in the year, utilizing existing state funds to increase the transportation budget.
Effective Monday, March 10th, 2025 at 6:00 a.m., weight restrictions will be imposed and enforced on all state trunkline highways for the entire state of Michigan, both Upper and Lower Peninsulas. State trunkline highways typically carry M, I, or US designations. Weight restriction information and updates may be obtained by
Space is still available for MITA’s West Michigan Safety Training Day—a one-day workshop designed to keep your crew up-to-date on essential safety certifications and compliance standards. This is a convenient opportunity to complete key training in one session. 📅 Date: March 26, 2025 📍 Location: The Sneeden Center, Davenport College,
MITA is hosting an informative webinar on the new ESTA law, presented by legal experts from Bodman, on Thursday, March 13, at 10 a.m. This session will provide valuable insights into the law and its potential impact on the industry. To ensure your questions are addressed, MITA encourages attendees to submit questions in
Road Funding Whitmer Tells Dems, GOP, Biz: We Must Compromise On Roads (Gongwer, 2/26/25) ATTACHED MITA Mention: Rob Coppersmith, executive vice president of the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association, said in a statement it’s time for urgent action. “The state is barreling toward a road funding cliff at the
In the event you missed it, this is what the Governor had to say about our industry in her State of the State message. MITA will continue to advocate fiercely for a long-term funding solution. Read or watch her full speech using the links below. Section of the speech focused
Effective 6:00 p.m. on Monday, March 3, 2025 weight restrictions will be imposed and enforced on all state trunk line highways from the Indiana/Ohio Border north to and including US-10 in Ludington in Mason County from the M-116 intersection then east to US-127 in Clare County then north on US-127
MITA will be hosting a webinar in collaboration with Bodman; however, we thought this information would be relevant and of interest in the meantime. The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) is hosting a webinar to help you understand recent changes to Michigan’s wage and earned sick time
Road Funding Coppersmith: It’s time for action to fund and fix Michigan’s roads (The Detroit News, 2/18/25) ATTACHED MITA Mention: Rob’s op-ed Michigan governor unveils $3B transportation-funding plan (Land Line Media, 2/18/25) MITA Mention: Seven years later, the state is wrestling with an annual deficit in road funding that the Michigan
It is with deep sadness and an extremely heavy heart that we announce the passing of Scott Ammarman, retired project engineer for E.T. MacKenzie Co. Scott Lyle Ammarman, passed away on February 18, 2025, due to a heart attack. Born in Lansing, Michigan, he was a devoted husband, father, grandfather,
As previously thought, the legislature made changes to the Earned Sick Time Act (ESTA) that was to go into effect today, February 21, 2025. Those changes were made during the last minutes before becoming law, making things even more difficult to implement. We are still waiting to hear from the
Although no spring weight restrictions have been formally put in place yet, MDOT has informed us that they are monitoring frost depth around the state and that the spring weight restriction season is quickly approaching. If you have equipment or materials you need to move in preparation for the upcoming
