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On Wednesday May 30th, the House Transportation Committee passed HB 5302 a bill termed “best practices.” The committee adopted an H-4 version of the bill that is substantially different from the original bill as introduced which included a host of safety requirements. The bill that passed committee offers much more [...]

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is soliciting new candidate project applications for fiscal year 2014 High Risk Rural Road (HRRR) program. CLICK HERE to view the notice. The deadline to submit projects is August 13, 2012. Jason Mancini works for the Michigan Municipal League handling Transportation Issues. He can be [...]

The transportation conference committee working on a new authorization continues to meet, with staff behind the scenes working on several issues in the hopes of reaching a compromise before the current extension expires on June 30th. The League and its national partners are asking members to “Call-In” on Wednesday, May 23rd to [...]

The conference committee charged with crafting a new federal transportation authorization act met for the first time last week. And although the first meeting was more about ceremonial introductory statements by members of the committee, a willingness to negotiate was noted by all. Behind the scenes, staff is working on ironing [...]

The House and Senate have named their conferees and the first meeting of the committee tasked with hammering out a new transportation authorization before the current extension expires will meet on May 8.  The most recent extension ends June 30th. That said, Michigan is represented on the conference committee as both Congressmen [...]

With a 90 day extension of the current transportation authorization law already in place, the House has passed a bill that would add a additional 90 days and sets the stage for a conference committee with the Senate on their own recently passed two year bill. The House extension however also [...]

Congress is on their spring recess during the next two weeks, giving local officials a perfect opportunity to speak with them of issues of importance such as transportation and the 2013 budget. As you do so, please talk to them about the need for a longer term transportation funding bill [...]

On March 28, Zeeland and Tecumseh had transportation projects selected for grant funding through the Transportation Economic Development Fund Category A grant program. The projects approved with Category A grant funding represent public investments of $1,683,814 supporting private industry development of over $108 million. Attached are the lists that include a [...]

For the ninth time in two years, the Congress and Senate have passed another extension to the current transportation authorization act. This latest extension, which came pretty close to the March 31st deadline, will last until June 30th and comes on the heels of a longer, two year bi-partisan bill [...]

The initial date for final submission of billings for the American Recovery and Reconstruction Act of 2009 (ARRA) has been changed. The original date was set at September 30, 2015. A new guidance document released by the Federal Highway Administration headquarters requests all field offices to shorten the timeframe by [...]