Transportation Funding Archives

December 19, 2014

Comprehensive Transportation Solution Relies on Passage of Ballot Proposal

After a marathon final day of lame duck the House and the Senate were able to successfully put together the framework for a comprehensive long-term solution for investing in Michigan’s infrastructure. Although we would have liked the legislature to solve…

December 3, 2014

League Distributes Letters to the Editor in Support of Transportation Funding Package

There are many transit options in Michigan and a complete transportation funding program would support all of them. The Michigan Municipal League sent to the media this week a series of letters to the editor to encourage the state House…

November 13, 2014

Michigan Senate Votes for New Funding for Transportation!

There are many transit options in Michigan and a complete transportation funding program would support all of them. In a huge vote, the Michigan Senate has just passed HB 5477, a bill that would phase in a new percentage-based gasoline…

November 12, 2014

Contact Michigan Senators Today to Urge Their Support of Transportation Funding Increase

There are many transit options in Michigan and a complete transportation funding program would support all of them. Discussions are currently taking place in Lansing on finding a way to raise new revenue for Michigan’s transportation network during the current lame duck…

June 6, 2014

Transportation Funding Hitting Road Blocks in the Senate

The package of bills sent over by the House has hit a road block in the Senate. Democrats are arguing for protection of prevailing wage, the current electoral college system, and the need to provide tax relief for the working…

May 21, 2014

Senate Hopes to Vote on Significant Transportation Funding Increase Next Week

The Senate has adopted a substitute to HB 5477 that would gradually increase the new percentage tax on gasoline over four years from 9.5 percent beginning January 1, 2015, to 11.5% beginning January 1, 2016, and to 13.5 percent beginning…

May 8, 2014

House Sends Transportation Funding Bills to the Senate.

The House today voted out ten bills that represent another step forward in providing additional funding for our transportation system. These bills would eliminate the gas tax paid at the pump and instead charge a 6% tax on the wholesale…

May 1, 2014

Tax policy Committee Takes Testimony on Sales and Use Tax Bills to Fund Roads

Over the past two days the Tax Policy Committee has taken testimony on bills that would dedicate a portion of the general fund revenue from the sales tax collected at the pump and 1% of the use tax and dedicate…

April 29, 2014

House Transportation Committee Begins Taking Testimony on Speaker’s Road Funding Plan

The House Transportation Committee began taking testimony on Speaker Bolger's plan to raise $450 Million dollars for roads. Offering testimony today was MDOT, Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council, and the County Road Association of Michigan. The plan focused on…

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