We urge the Legislature to take up this challenge and pass legislation this year. Let’s turnaround our economy by supporting increased funding for transportation!

It is now time for us to take the discussion about increased infrastructure spending for roads and bridges out of the political context and begin discussing how we as a state can become more competitive.

The Pure Michigan campaign is driving thousands of families to visit our state, but if our roads and bridges aren’t repaired, many won’t be coming back.

The opportunity is ours and the time is now. Let’s get to work.

This report shows Michigan bridges have significant deficiencies with approximately one-in-eight of the state’s bridges rated structurally deficient

Anderson Economic Group: “The results of this analysis are clear: the benefits to the state and its residents of increasing our road funding and improving our roads are very large, and far off- set the cost of the higher gas taxes necessary to support that expenditure.”

If Michigan’s transportation system is to continue to serve the state adequately, our investment in transportation must increase significantly.