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Roadbuilding
Gov. Rick Snyder signs $1.3 billion plan for Michigan roads
Gov. Rick Snyder has signed a transportation infrastructure bill to spend $1.3 billion more per year to help fix Michigan’s deteriorating roads and other transportation infrastructure. The bill is contingent on voters increasing the state sales tax to seven percent in May. Snyder signed a package of 11 laws that would restructure and ultimately raise flat per-gallon fuel taxes while […]
January 13, 2015
Roadbuilding
Gas-tax increase passes Michigan Senate
The Michigan Senate passed a bill last week that could potentially generate around $1 billion a year for the state’s transportation infrastructure. The measure, which passed in a 23-14 vote, would set the wholesale gasoline tax at 9 percent on April 1, 2015, and increase yet again on Jan. 1, 2018 to 15.5 percent. That means the […]
November 19, 2014
Business
Michigan road construction industry to launch ads for raising gas taxes, vehicle fees
Beginning soon, residents in Michigan will begin seeing ads to build public support for increasing gas taxes and vehicle registration fees to pay for highway improvements, according to The Detroit News. The $600,000 ad campaign will be funded by Michigan’s road construction industry. Mike Nystrom, executive Vice President of the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association […]
January 28, 2013
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