June 30, 2021 – Boaters on northern Michigan’s Lake Superior captured a dramatic video of a large section of cliff wall crashing into the water. The piece of the cliff wall, which consists of sandstone and dirt measuring around 200 ft., fell at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The rock fall looked like a quarry face coming down after…
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Michigan Gas Tax Could Spike by 45 Cents
June 25, 2019 – Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer visited Grand Rapids to push her plan to revitalize Michigan’s roads, a promise she’s touted since she pledged to “fix the damn roads” during her election campaign, according to a report on WWMT. Standing under a bridge along U.S. Route 131, Whitmer again pushed her gas-tax proposal, calling the state’s bridge system critical. “Michiganders are…
Read MoreMichigan Road, Bridge Conditions Face Huge Decline
Michigan’s transportation system faces mounting challenges in the form of deteriorated roads and bridges, a lack of adequate safety features, highway bottlenecks and an inability to fund projects needed to support economic development opportunities in the state. Increased investment in transportation improvements at the local, state and federal levels could improve road and bridge conditions, boost safety, increase roadway efficiency…
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