{"id":5093,"date":"2016-05-27T10:07:13","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T14:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/inside208\/?p=5093"},"modified":"2016-05-27T10:07:13","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T14:07:13","slug":"senate-transportation-committee-votes-to-eliminate-local-cost-sharing-requirement-with-mdot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2016\/05\/27\/senate-transportation-committee-votes-to-eliminate-local-cost-sharing-requirement-with-mdot\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Transportation Committee Votes to Eliminate Local Cost Sharing Requirement with MDOT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Act 51 currently requires that all incorporated cities and villages with a population larger than 25,000 to pay a portion of the Michigan Department of Transportation\u2019s project costs for opening, widening, and improving state trunkline highways within that incorporated city or village. A city or village is required to pay 12.5% of the project cost if their population is greater than 50,000, 11.25% of the project costs if their population is between 40,000 and 50,000, and 8.75% of the project costs if their population is between 25,000 and 40,000. This statute affects 45 cities in Michigan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislature.mi.gov\/%28S%284yy1szctyhrzcn2d14sprit4%29%29\/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&amp;objectName=2015-SB-0557\">SB 557<\/a>, sponsored by Senator Knollenberg, would eliminate the requirement for incorporated cities and villages greater than 25,000 to cover a portion of the Michigan Department of Transportation projects cost. As Michigan works to develop a 21<sup>st<\/sup> century transportation network the League believes these 45 cities should no longer be required to subsidize MDOT\u2019s costs for the following reason:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All country road agencies and incorporated cities and villages with a population less than 25,000 are not required to pay a portion of MDOT\u2019s project cost creating inequity in the system.<\/li>\n<li>The funds used to pay for the cost of these projects comes directly from the 21.8% percent of funding received by cities and villages under Act 51. This results in less than 21.8% of Act 51 funding actually being used on local roads.<\/li>\n<li>These matching funds can cost a local road agency a significant portion of their Act 51 funding.<\/li>\n<li>Covering these project costs can delay, reduce, or eliminate future rehabilitation or reconstruction projects and significantly hinder a city\u2019s ability to conduct routine maintenance such as snow plowing<\/li>\n<li>MDOT\u2019s planning process allocates state spending on projects based on the needs of their system without taking into account a city\u2019s ability to contribute to the cost of those projects as required by Act 51. An unexpected bill from the Department could cripple a city\u2019s local road program for years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This week the Senate transportation committee agreed with the League&#8217;s opposition to this provision within Act 51 and unanimously voted to eliminate it.<\/p>\n<p><em>John LaMacchia is the Assistant Director of State Affairs for the League handling transportation, infrastructure, energy and environment issues. He can be reached at jlamacchia@mml.org or 517-908-0303.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Act 51 currently requires that all incorporated cities and villages with a population larger than 25,000 to pay a portion of the Michigan Department of Transportation\u2019s project costs for opening, widening, and improving state trunkline highways within that incorporated city or village. 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