Road Funding
Speaker To Governor: Let’s Hike EV Fees (MIRS, 3/27/25) ATTACHED
Lance Binoniemi | House Committee Advances Road Funding Plan (Steve Gruber Show, 3/26/25)
Michigan’s $3 billion road improvement bill ( The Oakland Post, 3/26/25)
Report: Michigan is trailing other states on road upkeep and needs new funding method (Michigan Advance, 3/26/25)
New study calls for overhaul of Michigan’s road funding and allocation legislation (WKAR, 3/26/25)
Report ranks Michigan 30th in road funding and 40th in road conditions (ABC 12 News, 3/26/25)
New Report Says Road Funding Needs Overhaul (WJR, 3/26/25)
Assessing Michigan’s Roads (WJR, 3/26/25)
New Citizens Research Council Report Argues for Reform of Michigan’s Road Funding Program as Part of Increased Investment, (Michigan Business Network, 3/26/25)
Eric Paul Dennis – The WILS Morning Wake-Up (WILS 1320, 3/26/25)
New analysis recommends changes to Michigan’s road funding formula (WSJM, 3/25/25)
CRC: Legislature Should Scrap, Replace Act 51 Road Funding Law (Gongwer, 3/25/25) ATTACHED
As Michigan’s road costs rise, experts say current funding method ‘isn’t working’ (Bridge Michigan, 3/25/25)
Michigan’s roads ranked 40th in U.S. in new report, (MLive, 3/25/25)
Replace Michigan’s ‘obsolete’ road funding rules to avoid ‘more of the same,’ group says (The Detroit News, 3/25/25)
- MITA Mention: Lance Binoniemi, vice president of government affairs for the Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association, said Public Act 51 has seemed politically impossible to change.
“I don’t know if you ever find a scenario where you change it,” Binoniemi said.
Binoniemi’s association represents companies that work on Michigan’s roads and bridges. The state’s formula hasn’t been fully funded so it’s difficult to tell whether it works, he argued.
Report: Reform of Michigan’s Road Funding Program Needed as Part of Increased Investment (DBusiness, 3/25/25)
Michigan should rip up road-funding formula, start with blank slate, report says (Crain’s Detroit Business, 3/25/25) ATTACHED
Livengood: These Michigan communities are done waiting for Lansing to fix their damn roads (The Detroit News, 3/23/25)
Potholes
Seeing more potholes on the road? Officials say you’re not alone (WWMT, 3/25/25)
