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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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