Growing Michigan Together Council
Population Report Veers From Road Funding Solutions (Gongwer, 12/15/23) ATTACHED
- MITA Mention: Rob Coppersmith, executive vice president of the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association, said he was glad the report highlighted the underfunding and condition of the state’s roads. Coppersmith was a member of the council.
“It brings to light the problem yet again and hopefully we’re in a position where people are going to open their ears to it now more than they have been,” he said. “This is just a launching point. We’ve got to find out what’s palatable to the general public. We’ve got to find out what’s palatable to the Legislature. And we’ve got to find out what’s palatable to our governor…” [MORE IN STORY]
Population Council Report Leaves Off Funding Recommendations (MIRS, 12/15/23) ATTACHED
- MITA Mention: Rob COPPERSMITH, executive vice president of the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association (MITA) said the recommendations “highlight just how far we need to go to get our core infrastructure, the roads and bridges that millions of Michiganders rely on, back on track for generations to come.”
Fixing Michigan’s population problem means reworking education, adding public transit, council says (FOX 2 Detroit, 12/14/23)
- MITA Mention: “I hope that both sides of the aisle, Republicans and Democrats and everybody can get behind this report,” said Rob Coppersmith, Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association.
Michigan leaders disagree on how to grow state’s population (WLNS, 12/14/23)
- MITA Mention: Rob Coppersmith, the lobbyist for the road-building industry, expressed this commission’s hope: “I hope that both sides of the aisle, Republicans and Democrats and everybody, can get behind this report.”
Michigan Growing Council: Fix infrastructure, roads (The Center Square, 12/15/23)
- MITA Mention: “These recommendations highlight just how far we need to go to get our core infrastructure, the roads and bridges that millions of Michiganders rely on, back on track for generations to come,” Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association Executive Vice President Rob Coppersmith said in a statement. “If we are going to succeed in being a thriving, growing state that attracts and retains population, Michigan must make the needed investments to fund and fix our roads and end the decades of disinvestment that have set Michigan backwards.”
Fixing Michigan’s decline starts with schools, housing, infrastructure (MLive, 12/14/23) ATTACHED
Growing Michigan Together Council issues first report highlighting 3 key strategies (Michigan Advance, 12/15/23)
Population council sends final recommendation report to lawmakers (Axios Detroit, 12/15/23)
Incentives, free education, public transit recommendations for Michigan population growth (Detroit Free Press, 12/14/23)
Michigan population panel files recommendations. Now the hard work begins (Bridge Michigan, 12/14/23)
MIRS_Population Council Report Leaves Off Funding Recommendations
Population Report Veers From Road Funding Solutions_Gongwer
Roads
21 people died on Michigan roads last week (CBS Detroit, 12/13/23)
