Bulletins
2019 TRIP Report Press Coverage Tuesday, April 2, 2019 Report details how much Michigan’s bad roads cost drivers Click on Detroit March 12, 2019 A new report released this week looks at the cost of Michigan’s crumbling roads to drivers. Report: Poor Michigan roads cost motorists billions of dollars
The Detroit News April 1, 2019 The path forward for building a tunnel to house Enbridge’s controversial Line 5 oil pipeline below the Straits of Mackinac remains unclear after Attorney General Dana Nessel said the law creating an authority to oversee tunnel construction is unconstitutional. A couple of hours later, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered
MDOT has issued a memorandum defining the construction suspension periods for the 2019 Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day holidays. Click here to view the MDOT memorandum. If you have any questions or comments, please contact Glenn Bukoski or Rachelle VanDeventer at the MITA office at 517-347-8336 or by email
This bulletin will serve as MITA’s annual reminder to our contractor members of the issue of tax liability on construction materials that are being incorporated in projects of tax-exempt owners. Contractors performing work for public agencies, nonprofits, churches and schools are often faced with this precarious issue. Many of these
Attorney General Dana Nessel opined today that the law that established the Line 5 tunnel passed in late 2018 was ultimately unconstitutional and any advancements of a tunnel to house Line 5 should stop immediately. In response, Governor Whitmer instructed each state department using resources towards a tunnel through the
Effective 6:00 AM Monday, April 1st, weight restrictions will be lifted from the southern Michigan border north to M-43, in the city of South Haven, Van Buren County, then east on M-43 to US-131 in Kalamazoo County, then south on US-131 in Kalamazoo County to I-94 then continuing east on
There is still space available to attend tomorrow’s meet and greet with MDOT Director Paul Ajegba at the MITA office between 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm. We respectfully request that members RSVPing only send 1-2 owners or high level management individuals from their companies. Can’t make it tomorrow? There are
National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) is an annual spring campaign held at the start of the construction season to encourage safe driving through work zones. Each year, MDOT and roadway safety partners throughout Michigan hold a National Work Zone Awareness Week Press Conference. The event has grown from a
The MITA Future Leader Development Program will provide accepted applicants with a broad-based educational and personal experience that will prepare them for future leadership roles within their own companies and the construction industry. Applicants should return the application form to Rob Coppersmith, MITA’s Vice President of Membership Services at robcoppersmith@thinkmita.org. If
Effective 6:00 am Monday, March 11th, 2019 weight restrictions will be imposed and enforced on all state trunk line highways from the Michigan/Indiana & Ohio line north to and including M-20 from the intersection of US-31 in Oceana County easterly to US-131 in Mecosta County, then north on US-131 to
We have had some date and time changes to the meet and greets that are scheduled with MDOT Director Paul Ajegba. If you have RSVPed for a specific date and time, please take note of the changes: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 from 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm – TIME CHANGED
Effective 6:00 AM Monday, March 18, 2019, weight restrictions will be imposed and enforced on all state trunk line highways for the entire state of Michigan, both Upper and Lower Peninsula. State trunkline highways typically carry M, I, or US designations. Weight restriction information and updates may be obtained by
