Billions of dollars have gone to fixing roads and bridges in Michigan.
The money that’s in the state’s road infrastructure fund is slowly but surely running out.
Back in 2020, Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s administration borrowed $3.5 billion in bonds to fix roads and bridges in the state.
This year, MDOT will begin spending the last $700 million of that $3.5 billion.
According to the Governor’s office, by the end of the 2023 construction season, Michigan fixed nearly 20,000 lane miles of state-owned roads and 1,400 bridges.
“This is a decades-old problem no one wanted to solve, we’re making a difference in it and we’ve got a lot more good work to do here,” said Governor Whitmer.
As far as Governor Whitmer’s proposed 2025 budget, there is no new funding that will be dedicated to the roads except for the $700 million that the state already has.
“Ultimately a longer-term solution is going to have to be found, people of Michigan are expecting it, but at this moment, I’m really proud to say that we are going to continue at the clip that we’ve been rebuilding roads and bridges across Michigan,” Governor Whitmer added.