Articles tagged: gas tax
Major Washtenaw County road construction projects leave no funds for maintenance programs
Posted: Feb 16, 2013In order to leverage $10.7 million of federal grant money for construction projects on Washtenaw County's busiest roads, preventative maintenance program may go unfunded this year. Read more »
OPINION: Will the school aid fund suffer another legislative sleight-of-hand in favor of road repairs?
Posted: Apr 08, 2012So the Michigan Senate has decided to divert $135 million from the sales tax on gasoline and use it for road repairs. Two percentage points of the six percent sales tax is dedicated to the ... Read more »
OPINION: Michigan needs to boost its investment in repairing the state's road and highway infrastructure
Posted: Feb 15, 2012Gov. Rick Snyder demonstrated his leadership style of relentless positive action by stepping out with an infrastructure message last October and then reinforcing it in his January State of the State address, which both called ... Read more »
Gas tax increase part of package of bills aimed at raising new funding for Michigan roads
Posted: Jan 25, 2012State Rep. Rick Olson said a bipartisan package of bills being introduced today is expected to raise "a little bit less" than $1.4 billion in new funding for Michigan roads. "The quicker we move on ... Read more »
With poll: Senate candidates Rebekah Warren and Pam Byrnes differ on plans to fund transportation
Posted: Jul 19, 2010(This story has been updated with additional comments from both candidates.) The Michigan Public Transit Association has come out in support of both Rebekah Warren and Pam Byrnes in the 18th District state Senate race. Read more »
Editorial: Fuel tax hike needed to rebuild Michigan roads and our economy
Posted: May 09, 2010Counties in Michigan have returned some 100 miles of paved roads back to gravel because they couldn’t afford to maintain them. That simple fact underscores what a state Transportation Funding Task Force warned us back ... Read more »
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