This week the Michigan Transportation Asset Management Council released their annual road and bridge report. The report summarizes road and bridge conditions and provides condition projections into the future. The report also provides a synopsis of TAMC program activities and events over the past year.

During 2016, the TAMC rated the pavement condition of the paved federal-aid eligible
roads for the twelfth consecutive year. This data collection included 57,961 lane miles of paved roads in Michigan, including State Freeways and Highways, City Major Streets and County Primary Roads. This effort was achieved through a cooperative effort of individuals from county road commissions, city and village engineering staffs, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), regional planning agencies, and metropolitan planning organizations. In addition, the TAMC also collected pavement conditions on some of Michigan’s paved non-federal aid eligible roads as well.

In terms of physical condition, the report reveals further deterioration of Michigan’s
federal aid eligible roads from the previous year with more miles being rated as “poor.” The 2016 condition data indicates 18% of these roads are in good condition, 43% are in fair condition, and 39% are in poor condition; in 2015, the breakdown was 17% good, 45% fair, and 38% poor.

The 2016 report was approved by the TAMC on April 26, and can be viewed at this link: http://tamc.mcgi.state.mi.us/TAMC/#/aboutus Once there, scroll down to “Annual Reports” to find the 2016 Report as well as other past reports.  There is also a Mini Version of the 2016 Report, which contains the Executive Summary, charts and forecasts of road and bridge conditions.

John LaMacchia is the Assistant Director of State and Federal Affairs for the League handling transportation, infrastructure, energy and environment issues. He can be reached at [email protected] or 517-908-0303.