MDOT 2016 FY Projected Lettings Update

This past September, MDOT leadership announced they would invest $1.33 billion in their FY 2016 Highway Program, with approximately $698 million of that amount projected for trunkline road and bridge project lettings. In December, Congress approved the Fixing...

MDOT Clarifies Position on Local Government Involvement

This past construction season, MDOT learned about a situation where a contractor on an MDOT project entered into an agreement with a county road commission to pick up and haul away spoils material for the county’s reuse.  Under the agreement, the county road...

Erick Kind Named to Lead MDOT Grand Region

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has named Erick Kind as Grand Region engineer. Kind will succeed Roger Safford, who is retiring Dec. 31 after 28 years at MDOT. As MDOT’s top administrator in the region, Kind will be responsible for more than...