It has been a busy week in Lansing, with Governor Whitmer’s Road Ahead address at the Detroit Auto Show and Speaker Matt Hall announcing a plan that would help fund and fix Michigan’s roads. MITA has been out front in the media, explaining Michigan’s road funding cliff and encouraging swift legislative action. Read more:
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Whitmer calls for action on roads, preserving Michigan’s auto industry (The Detroit News, 1/15/25)
The Cost of Crumbling Roads in Michigan—What’s Next? (WRIF 101, 1/15/25)
Governor Whitmer calls for bipartisan action to tackle Michigan’s infrastructure crisis (NBC 25/FOX 66, 1/15/25)
– MITA Mention: The Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association reports a $3.9 billion funding shortfall, which threatens thousands of construction jobs. Rob Coppersmith, the association’s executive vice president, described the situation as a “crisis mode.”
Where Michigan Republicans plan to find $3.14B for road repairs (MLive, 1/16/25)
– MITA Mention: Rob Coppersmith, Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association (MITA) executive vice president, applauded the plan and said it would help get Michigan on the right track.
Coppersmith noted that recent progress to fix roads would be lost if state leaders don’t invest more in roads with the expiration of short-term state and federal funding programs on the horizon.
“If we fail to act on funding and fixing Michigan’s roads now, we will go backward,” he said in a prepared statement. “Do we want safe and reliable infrastructure to get to work, school and vacation? Or do we want our roads and bridges to continue to deteriorate?”
‘Michigan’s economy is on the line,’ Gretchen Whitmer warns at Detroit Auto Show (Bridge Michigan, 1/15/25)
Roadmap for Michigan shared by Gov. Whitmer in “Road Ahead” address (FOX 17, 1/15/25)
