Michigan To Receive $115 Million For Fixing Roads

"Thanks for the effort" I told him.

Michigan Road Repair Fund

A long time ago, I had finished cleaning our pool and asked a friend if he'd like to come over and help me fill it up so it would be ready for the swimming season. A while later he showed up all right, with a bucket.

$115 Million ??

Not that I didn't appreciate his thought, but he really did not quite get the scope of the job. I said 'great, well throw a few buckets of water in and then ask the relatives to come on over and jump in'. He didn't get the joke. In reality, we always had water trucked in by tanker after a big clean-up and I simply wanted him to help with the hoses and such.

Well here in Michigan it is news that the state will receive a $115 million in special state funding this year for 124 specific road projects in certain districts. Now that is against a few numbers being tossed about of some $1.4 Billion needed each year just to get the roads "up to speed" so to speak. While it's more than a few bucket fulls in a swimming pool, $115 million IS less than 10% of what is needed just to start. How is a few percent of what is needed going to fix not just Michigan roads, but Michigan's lousy reputation as having the worst roads in our nation? It's not.

Good job on the $115 million, but I'm not just ready to jump in yet. Not even close. Lansing, JUST FIX OUR ROADS!

Details on the Road Funding...



Michigan lawmakers approved 124 specific projects that will receive $114,942,610 million in special state funding this year, called the Priority Roads Investment Program . Click here for a PDF of all the road projects covered under this $115 million funding for this year:
 

Here is a list of the projects in the Detroit Metro area:

• I-94; $400,000; WB lanes Merriman to Middlebelt
• I-75 NB; $400,000; Canfield to Piquette
• M-85 (Fort St); $500,000; Clark to Trumbull
• M-5; $150,000; I-96 to 14 Mile
• M-24; $600,000; Harriet St. to Davison Lake Road
• M-150; $400,000; Tienken Rd to Paint Creek
• M-150; $1 million; M-59 to Clinton River
• I-275; $300,000; S/M-153 (Ford Rd) to 5 Mile
• I-75; $400,000; 12 Mile to Square Lake
• M-59; $2 million; Elizabeth to I-94
• Auburn Road; $200,000; From M-59 Service Drive to the City Line
• McKay Road; $425,000; Extend McKay Road from 33 Mile to 32 Mile
• Allen/Woodhaven; $3 million
• Gratiot Road; $400,000; Between Pound Road and Kronner
• Yale Road; $715,000
• Green Lake Road; $2.5 million; Pontiac Trail to Commerce
• Silver Springs Drive; $900,000; From 7 Mile to 8 Mile
• Sears Drive; $600,000; Plymouth to End
• Riverview Street; $425,000; City of Riverview
• Schoolcraft; $950,000; Grand River to Wyoming
• Mt. Elliott; $750,000; 7 Mile to 8 Mile
• Park Avenue; $970,000; Allen to Champaign roads
• University Drive over I-75; $4 million; at University Drive
• Crocker Street; $1.18 million; Clinton River to Harper roads
• MacArthur; $300,000; Clarita to Margareta
• Lilley Road; $700,000; Ann Arbor to Plymouth
• Plymouth Road; $575,000; Mill Street to Haggerty
• Omo Road; $200,000; Armada Ridge to Armada Center
• Chicago Road; $882,300; Dequindre going east to Mound roads
• Providence Drive; $650,000; JL Hudson Drive to Nine Mile Road
• Long Lake Road (18 Mile); $1.5 million; Long Lake (18 Mile), Adams to Northfield Parkway
• Holly Road; $125,000; Maple to I-75
• Groveland Road; $32,500; Barron to Jossman
• Walton Blvd; $37,500; Clintonville to Pontiac City
• Airport Road; $50,000; Elizabeth Lake to Hatchery
• Williams Lake Road; $75,000; Cooley Lake to M-59
• Hospital Road; $75,000; Cooley Lake to M-59
• Long Lake Road; $1.7 million; Orchard Lake to Adams

Good luck finding one on your regular commute. No really. I mean it.

Drive Careful,
Will