Nov 19, 2008 | Membership
MITA issued a statewide press release today announcing a landmark $1.5 billion economic stimulus plan that would rescue the state’s crumbling transportation infrastructure. The plan, which follows last week’s recommendations from the Transportation Funding Task Force...
Jan 3, 2008 | Legislative
Governor Jennifer M. Granholm has signed into law legislation that establishes a task force and a citizens advisory committee to make recommendations on alternatives for funding transportation in Michigan. The task force is expected to complete a preliminary report by...
Dec 2, 2005 | Legislative
Governor Signs Sewer Grant Bill MITA is extremely encouraged by the Governor signing into law a package of bills that will result in more sewer work throughout the state and thus help to improve the condition of Michigan’s aging sewer infrastructure systems. The...
Oct 11, 2005 | Legislative
Federal Transportation Funding (SAFETEA-LU) & Hurricane Katrina The recent catastrophic disaster resulting from Hurricane Katrina has caused some in Washington D.C. to suggest that funds recently authorized in the six-year transportation act (SAFETEA-LU) be...
May 20, 2005 | Legislative
As far as Michigan is concerned, the Senate bill increases scope of the minimum guarantee level compared to that in current law as well as compared to the House passed bill, thus increasing MI’s rate-of-return to 92%. We view this as a victory, even though our goal...