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June 12, 2015

Bill Allows Locals First Crack at Surplus Snow Removal Equipment

HB 4368 would require the Michigan Department of Transportation to make surplus snow removal equipment available for sale to local units of government before otherwise disposing of it. Under current law and practice, excess or surplus MDOT equipment, including snow…

June 10, 2015

House Road Funding Plan Sent to the Senate

With almost entirely Republican support, a twelve bill package that represents Speaker Cotter's transportation plan was passed out of the House today and sent to the Senate. The plan would use existing revenue and prioritize future dollars to provide an…

June 3, 2015

House Road Funding Plan Passed Out of Roads and Ecomomic Development Committee

The House road funding plan that would that would rely primarily on future growth, cuts to MEDC, and the elimination of the earned income tax, to raise $1 billion for road and bridge repairs was voted out of committee today.…

May 27, 2015

Committee Hearings Continue on House Road Funding Plan

The Roads and Economic Development committee held a second day of hearings on the House road funding plan. The committee first took testimony on HB 4615, HB 4614, and HB 4616, which would increase the diesel fuel tax to 19…

May 27, 2015

Conference Committee Finalizes $400 Million in General Fund Spending on Roads

Today, the House and Senate conference committee on transportation approved a $400 million contribution from the General Fund to go toward road fixes. Approximately $140 million will be used to ensure that the state can match all available federal aid…

May 21, 2015

Committee Hearings Begin on House Transportation Proposal

The newly formed Roads and Economic Development committee held the first of three committee hearings this morning on a package of bills introduced by House Republicans to fix Michigan's crumbling roads. HB 4610 allows townships contributing greater than 50% to…

May 13, 2015

Speaker Cotter Unveils House Republican Transportation Solutions

At a press conference this afternoon Speaker Kevin Cotter released the House Republican transportation plan. The highlights are below. This plan will generate $1.05 billion for transportation $700 million from the General Fund $185 million from Reprioritizing Restricted Funds $162…

April 27, 2015

Proposal 1 Offers Michigan’s Last, Best Chance to Fix Roads with Guaranteed Funding

John LaMacchia discusses Proposal 1 at a recent Burton City Council town hall meeting. The fate of Proposal 1 will be decided by voters next week (Tuesday, May 5), and there is one thing guaranteed about the outcome: If it…

April 20, 2015

Is there a Plan B if Proposal 1 Fails? Why are Michigan’s Roads so Bad? Find Out in New League videos

It's just two weeks until voters decide the fate of Proposal 1 on May 5 and the Michigan Municipal League has just posted a series of question and answer videos to address some of the concerns you may have about…

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