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MDOT has released the timeliness report for bridge safety inspections for local agencies. A copy of the report can be found below.
John LaMacchia is a Legislative Associate for the League handling Transportation issue. he can be reached at jlamacchia@mml.org or 517-908-0303.
Municipalities may order Community Signage from Amtrak at no cost. These signs are designed to alert people to the fact that your town or city contains and intercity passenger rail station. More information on these signs can be found here.
John LaMacchia is a Legislative Associate for the League handling transportation issues. He can be reached at jlamacchia@mml.org or 517-908-0303.
State Representatives from the Grand Rapids area will be hosting a transportation town hall next Monday, June 10th, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in Grand Rapids. The location will be at Grand Valley State University’s Pew Downtown Campus, in room 215A of the Eberhard Center. The address is 301 Fulton Street West, Grand Rapids MI, 48504. Parking is available in the Eberhard Lot, which is off Front Avenue.
The event is being hosted by the following State Representatives:
The Director of the Michigan Department of Transportation, Kirk Steudle, will also attend and be available for a question and answer session.
We encourage you to consider attending this town hall. Please help express the importance of local communities in the overall transportation system and how this system needs to be inclusive of all modes of transportation. This issue is more than about just building roads and the view from curb to curb. It is about building great places that contribute to the economic growth and success of Michigan.
John LaMacchia is a Legislative Associate for the League handling transportation issues. He can be reached at jlamacchia@mml.org or 517-908-0303.
The Conference Committee on Transportation voted out a budget today that included an additional $350 million dollars. Those dollars will be split two ways, $121 million going to the Federal Aid Match Requirement and the remaining funds into a new Priority Roads Investment Program. This increased funding is a direct result of the budget surplus.
The Priority Roads Investment Program will have $115 million available to spend this year with the remaining carrying over to the following year. The legislature will be responsible for appropriating the money to specific projects around the state.
With no deal on new transportation funding the budget did not include the recommended $1.2 billion Governor Snyder requested. The Governor is still committed to to solving the need for greater investment in transportation and will be working with the legislation over the next few weeks, and likely the coming months, to come to an agreement on increase funding for transportation.
John LaMacchia is a Legislative Associate with the League handling transportation issues. He can be reached at jlamacchia@mml.org or 517-908-0303.
The Michigan Municipal League has been working with Representative Bumstead on House Bill 4299 to improve local control over ORVs being used within municipalities. As a result of this work, and the willingness of Representative Bumstead to address the League’s concerns, significant changes were made to this legislation to improve local control. A County or a Township must now provide written notice to each municipality within the County in advance of adopting a resolution that allows or prohibits ORV use on their roadways. Local municipalities will now be allowed to both open and close roads located within their municipality to the use of ORVs through the adoption of an ordinance.
As a result of these changes the League officially supported this legislation in committee and looks forward to helping secure final passage. A copy of the legislation that was passed out of House Tourism Committee can be found here. (ORVs)
John LaMacchia is a Legislative Associate with the League handling transportation issues.He can be reached at jlamacchia@mml.org or 517-908-0303.
The Michigan Municipal League has been working with Representative Bumstead on House Bill 4299 to improve local control over ORVs being used within municipalities. As a result of this work, and the willingness of Representative Bumstead to address the League’s concerns, significant changes were made to this legislation to improve local control. A County or a Township must now provide written notice to each municipality within the County in advance of adopting a resolution that allows or prohibits ORV use on their roadways. Local municipalities will now be allowed to both open and close roads located within their municipality to the use of ORVs through the adoption of an ordinance.
As a result of these changes the League officially supported this legislation in committee and looks forward to helping secure final passage. A copy of the legislation that was passed out of House Tourism Committee can be found here. (ORVs)
John LaMacchia is a Legislative Associate with the League handling transportation issues.He can be reached at jlamacchia@mml.org or 517-908-0303.