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Despite Gov. Whitmer’s Promises to “Fix the Damn Roads,” Michigan’s Roads Remain Among Worst in the Nation

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Apr 7, 2025

by John LaPlane Michigan's rural interstate highways are safer than those in all but two states, but its rural and urban interstates are in worse condition than those of most states. That is according to the Reason…

Econ

Gov. Whitmer Proposes a 32 Percent Tax on Marijuana Sales to Fix Roads

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 3, 2025

by Scott McClallen Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants Michigan to slap a 32 percent wholesale tax on marijuana, suggesting that this general fund revenue could be used for her long-deferred plan to fix the state's roads. The second-term…

Enviro

Ann Arbor Road (and Special Event) Closures: Read ‘Em and Weep (or Rejoice)

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 5, 2024

Full closure of Earhart Road between Geddes Road and Pine Brae Street 7 a.m. Monday Aug. 5–5 p.m. Monday Aug. 26, 2024 R.L Coolsaet, on behalf of DTE, will be closing a section of Earhart Road to vehicle traffic to install a gas…

Gov

Dexter Council Floats 10 year Bond to Raise $950K to “Rehabilitate” Roads

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 18, 2014 0

IN MAY 2014, Dexter officials determined, using a road survey, that streets in that village were rated an average of 5.2 out of a possible ten. The Village Council then issued a ten-year road construction bond for $800,000, to be paid for…

Ann Arbor Government

A2POLITICO: Proposed City Budget Should Focus on the Results of the 2013 Citizen Survey

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team May 14, 2014 0

by P.D. Lesko IT’S USUALLY DEATH and taxes that define the inevitable. However, in the city’s 2013 National Citizen Survey, comments about roads and taxes dominated the open-ended question responses. Respondents were asked to record…

Featured

Protected Bike Lanes Drive Economic Activity & Appeal to Millennials—What’s Ann Arbor Waiting For?

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team May 13, 2014 0

IN 2000 THERE were eight miles of bike lanes in Ann Arbor. City officials recently began touting the number of “lane miles” of bike lanes: 71.8 (a lane mile is a mile on one side of a two-land road). The mayor often tells media that Ann…

Ann Arbor Government

Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County Get Second Largest Distributions of $60.9M in Supplemental Road Money

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Apr 23, 2014 0

MICHIGAN’S GOVERNOR HAS been pushing Lansing lawmakers to craft a long-term solution to address the state’s crumbling roads. He has estimated that Michigan must increase road funding by more than $1 billion a year in order to significantly…

Ann Arbor Government

76 Percent Of Citizen Survey Open-Ended Response Answers Focused On Roads & Taxes

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 31, 2013 0

IT’S USUALLY DEATH and taxes that define the inevitable. However, in the city’s 2013 National Citizen Survey, comments about roads and taxes dominated the open-ended question responses. Respondents were asked to record their opinions about…

WEEKLY WHOPPER: In Ann Arbor Just 21 of The City’s 300 Miles Of Roads Are in Poor Condition (It’s Obviously Local Drivers Who Are Cracked)

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jun 15, 2011 5

The Street Repair Millage is up for renewal in 2011, and the city staff want to ask for a tax increase to have the City pay for sidewalk repair, something Ann Arbor did for many years using, yes, the City's own money. Then, John Hieftje's…

Ann Arbor Has Third Worst Roads in Michigan and Some Seriously Fed Up Residents

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team May 12, 2011 5

Since 2008, Ann Arbor has been at the top of MITA's list of cities with the worst roads in the state of Michigan. With its Road Repair Millage that brings in $9-$11 million dollars per year in funds that, in theory, are supposed to be used…