Transportation Budget Stalemate Ended

Senate and Republican legislators voted Wednesday to end the deadlock over the 2009 transportation budget, one week before the beginning of the fiscal year. The legislative agreement broke a logjam and averted a departmental shutdown and closure of MDOT construction...

Governor Signs Sewer Bill and other Legislative News

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...

Legislative Update

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...

2005-06 Transportation Budget Goes to Governor

Recently the Michigan Legislature approved a conference report for the 2005-06 Transportation Budget. This conference report includes the road and bridge program funding that will be used in the summer of 2006 for all projects funded through the Michigan...