Bulletins
The Construction Equipment Guide recently published a story and photos from the MITA Annual Conference. To read the entire story, and check out the photos, click here.
Effective Friday, April 26, 2019 at 6:00 am, weight restrictions will be lifted from the southern Michigan border north to the Mackinac Bridge. Frost restrictions are still in effect for the remainder of the state and will be imposed and enforced on all state trunkline highways north of this line.
Don’t forget to take the Michigan Work Zone Safety Task Force Perception Survey. The deadline has been extended to Friday, April 26th. In late 2018, industry leaders and Michigan Department of Transportation teamed up to establish the Work Zone Safety Task Force. Aimed at improving work zone safety and reducing
Effective 6:00 AM Monday, April 22, 2019 weight restrictions will be lifted on all state trunkline highways from the southern Michigan border north to and including M-72 from the intersection with M-22, in the Village of Empire, Leelanau County, then east on M-72 to US-131 in the Village of Kalkaska
Bridge Magazine April 19, 2019 The question isn’t whether it will take a lot more money to fix Michigan roads. The question, according to an array of experts Thursday, is whether politicians have the will to do it. At a Solutions Summit sponsored by The Center for Michigan (the nonprofit
NBC 25 News April 18, 2019 LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s proposed gas tax increase she announced during her fist state of the state address in Feb. 2019 stirred the conversation in Lansing and Thursday, the conversation continued looking for a solution. The proposed 45-cent gas tax increase was
In October 2018, legislation was passed and signed into law that allowed for green safety lights to be installed on construction vehicles that are engaged in authorized highway repair or maintenance. Studies have shown that green lights can be seen more effectively and are therefore safer. State, county and local
Several union contractors across the state (listed below), who are involved in road and bridge construction, have settled on a new statewide road contract (attached)with Operating Engineers, Local 324 (OE 324). There are significant changes in the new contract compared to the expired MITA Road agreement and some of these
April 13, 2019 Grand Haven Tribune The debate over how to pay to fix Michigan’s crumbling roads likely will stretch into summer. That’s when Republican lawmakers in the Senate say they anticipate being ready to publicly share their alternative to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s plan to raise gas taxes by
Beginning with the July 12, 2019 bid letting (and all subsequent bid lettings), MDOT will implement a single revision in the current “Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Goal at Time of Bid” process on all FHWA federal-aid projects that have a DBE participation Goal. Under the current “DBE at Time of Bid” process,
Effective Monday, April 15, 2019 weight restrictions will be lifted on all state trunkline highways from the southern Michigan border north to and including M-20 from the interchange with US-31, Oceana County, East on M-20 to US-131, North on US-131 to M-20, Mecosta County, East on M-20 to US-10, Midland
Bridge Magazine April 12, 2019 MITA’s Executive Vice President is quoted in the following article regarding Michigan’s road funding. The debate over how to pay to fix Michigan’s crumbling roads likely will stretch into summer. That’s when Republican lawmakers in the Senate say they anticipate being ready to publicly share
