Bulletins, News, and Press - Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association

Community Search

Bulletins, News, and Press

MITA In the News
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 (0 Comments - view/add) Wanted: good roads » Success of ballot issues for roads indicate public's appetite for improved highways Backers of increased taxes fo...
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 (0 Comments - view/add) Letter - Petroleum industry lobbyist’s figures on gas tax were flawed » Lansing, MI - The viewpoint from Mark Griffin of the Michigan Petroleum Association, "Voters should decide how to fund sta...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 (0 Comments - view/add) Lansing State Journal Editorial: Road impasse indicts Legislature’s skill » The Michigan Legislature is taking its talent for farce to "Monty Python" levels. It remains a possibility that the Legisl...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 (0 Comments - view/add) Michigan needs solution to get $475M in road funds, $84M needed by Oct. 1 to land federal match » Months ago, state lawmakers agreed it is critical to find $84 million so the state won't lose a massive federal match to f...
Friday, July 30, 2010 (0 Comments - view/add) “Devils” from Pure Pothole Hell visit Capitol with grim message about Michigan roads » LANSING, Mich. - Michigan lawmakers today received a special delivery from the Pothole Hell Devils: Personal copies of the...
Thursday, July 22, 2010 (0 Comments - view/add) Detroit Free Press: Feds' money to hit the road soon; Group warns state could lose its funding » A road construction industry group is warning that inaction in Lansing will derail dozens of road projects next year and p...
Friday, July 2, 2010 (0 Comments - view/add) Gongwer News Service: Michigan Needs to Invest $7 Billion in Water Treatment, Stormwater Management » Michigan needs to invest $7.04 billion in water treatment and stormwater management systems to bring those systems up to s...
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 (0 Comments - view/add) Detroit Free Press Guest Editorial: Shifts in road funds are counterproductive » It wouldn’t make sense to borrow money on a credit card to make the monthly house payment, but that kind of “robbing Peter...
Thursday, May 13, 2010 (0 Comments - view/add) Detroit Free Press: Budget to hurt roads, MDOT says » Michigan's roads will deteriorate quickly -- and construction will be scarcer -- unless lawmakers fill a gaping hole in th...
Thursday, May 13, 2010 (0 Comments - view/add) Associated Press: Rally calls for more investment in Michigan roads » Organizations that say they're upset with the condition of Michigan's roads are again calling for more funding for transpo...
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 (0 Comments - view/add) The Detroit News: Michigan roads second worst in country » Michigan has the second worst roads in the nation, according to a "Highway Report Card" released today by Overdrive Magazi...
Friday, March 12, 2010 (0 Comments - view/add) ABC 13 Toledo: MI pothole contest » This is just one sample of the statewide news coverage received so far regarding the Michigan Transportation Team's Pothol...
Thursday, January 28, 2010 (0 Comments - view/add) Associated Press: Lawmakers propose raising fuel tax to repair state's roads » Two state lawmakers on Tuesday proposed higher taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel to raise money for Michigan's road system...
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) MDOT Project Delay Press Release Receives Statewide Attention » Here are samples of coverage generated by yesterday's press release regarding MDOT project delays. Click here for a pdf of...
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) MITA's Worst Roads Press Coverage » More than 40 articles resulted from MITA's "Worst Roads" press release yesterday, including the Associated Press article s...
Friday, October 30, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) Michigan Information and Research Service: New study predicts transportation job losses » Michigan could lose up to 25,000 jobs due to a lack of transportation funding, a new University of Michigan study conclude...
Monday, October 26, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) Detroit Free Press: Road projects should be ending, but many are just beginning » Link: Road projects should be ending, but many are just beginning Drivers like Erik Kuszynski of L...
Monday, October 26, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) Michigan Information and Research Service: Private Companies Take Over Roads Under Plan » The Department of Transportation (MDOT) would turn over state-run highways and facilities to a private company, which coul...
Monday, October 26, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) WLAJ TV Lansing: Michigan Looking for New Ways to Pay for Roads » WLAJ TV Lansing link: Michigan Looking for New Ways to Pay for Roads A new plan could be in the works to help fi...
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) Michigan Information and Research Service: Michigan's Bad Roads Go National » To the rest of the country, Michigan is seen as being synonymous with the automobile. The birthplace of Ford, General Moto...
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) The Detroit News: $740M of Michigan roadwork axed » link: $740M of Michigan roadwork axed The state took another hard shot Thursday when the Michigan De...
Monday, June 1, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) Kalamazoo Gazette: Contractors still waiting for projects via federal funds » link: Contractors still waiting for projects via federal funds At the beginning of the year, talk...
Friday, May 15, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) Crain's Detroit Business: Transportation bills could raise 1.8B for roads, bridge » Crain's Detroit Business link: Transportation bills could raise 1.8B for roads, bridges Leg...
Thursday, May 14, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) Detroit Free Press: Plan's gas tax, vehicle fees would help fix roads » link: Plan's gas tax, vehicle fees would help fix roads An influential coalition proposed today in...
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) Gongwer News Service: Take advantage of lower gas prices to pass transportation funding hike » With gas prices hovering around the $2 mark for several weeks, lawmakers were told now is the time to act on a transportat...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) WNEM Saginaw: Saginaw County Wins Bad Roads Trifecta » link: Saginaw County Wins Bad Roads Trifecta Saginaw County won a statewide contest for the worst...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) Saginaw News: Price tag to fix street with state's worst pothole: $168,000 » link: Saginaw News: Price tag to fix street with state's worst pothole: $168,000 Price tag...
Friday, March 27, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) Detroit News: Michigan roads to get $847 million boost » link: Michigan roads to get $847 million boost Lawmakers have given final approval to legis...
Friday, March 27, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) NBC 25: Stimulus Funds are a Band-Aid » link: Stimulus funds are a Band-Aid Senate passage today of HB 4582 means Michigan will get...
Friday, March 27, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) Livingston County Press: Michigan roads among worst in nation » link: Report: Michigan roads among worst in nation According to Overdrive Magazine’s “Hig...
Thursday, March 26, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) WDIV: The Nation's Worst Roads » DING DING DING! You guessed it MICHIGAN is on the list for having some of the worst roads in the nation according to Overd...
Monday, March 16, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) Detroit News: Michigan highway projects at risk » link: Detroit News: Michigan highway projects at risk Despite the flow of economic stimulus money...
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) Detroit News: Gov backs gas tax change » The Detroit News link: Gov backs gas tax change LANSING -- Gov. Jennifer Granholm Wednesday ramped up her s...
Thursday, February 19, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) WILX-TV: Pothole Hell Video Shows Awful Roads » link: "Pothole Hell" Video Shows Awful Roads When the mission to fix potholes hits a-- well, pothole-- t...
Monday, February 2, 2009 (0 Comments - view/add) Detroit Free Press: Get Ready for Pothole Hell! » link: Detroit Free Press: Get Ready for Pothole Hell! Click here for a pdf of this story. ...
View "All News Items" »

more Latest News

11 hours agoIn Memoriam - Earl LaFave

12/6/2019Governor and Legislative Leaders Reach Budget Agreement

more Calendar

12/10/2019
2019 Holiday Party - Grand Rapids

12/13/2019
2019 Holiday Party - Lansing

Featured Members

Online Surveys

Technology and Productivity on Jobsites