{"id":3559,"date":"2014-06-12T21:08:20","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T01:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/inside208\/?p=3559"},"modified":"2014-06-12T21:08:20","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T01:08:20","slug":"senate-fails-to-pass-road-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/06\/12\/senate-fails-to-pass-road-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Fails to Pass Road Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate adjourned until July 16 after several failed attempts to provide additional road funding to fix Michigan&#8217;s infrastructure. Failing to act means our roads and bridges will continue to fall into greater disrepair. We will not only fail to maintain existing infrastructure but won&#8217;t be able to invest in additional infrastructure to attract and retain talented employees and job providers.<\/p>\n<p>The League will be relentless in the pursuit of additional funding and we want to thank all of our members who have reached out and asked your legislators to support long-term sustainable solution. Your efforts have not gone unnoticed by those in Lansing.<\/p>\n<p><em>John LaMacchia is a Legislative Associate for the League handling transportation and infrastructure issues. He can be reached at jlamacchia@mml.org or 517-908-0303<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate adjourned until July 16 after several failed attempts to provide additional road funding to fix Michigan&#8217;s infrastructure. Failing to act means our roads and bridges will continue to fall into greater disrepair. 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