MDOT cancels local road projects

Published 12:18 am Monday, June 8, 2009

By Staff
LANSING – Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has been forced to cancel more than 137 road and bridge projects totaling $740 million due to the state's inability to match available federal dollars.
MDOTs recently released five-year plan lists the statewide projects that have been canceled, including road preservation projects, bridge preservation projects and new roads/capacity improvement projects.
MDOT Director, Kirk Steudle presented the list of projects to the House Transportation Committee June 2.
"We are in a state of crisis when it comes to our transportation funding, and it is being felt in every community across the state," said Mike Nystrom, vice president of government and public relations for the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association (MITA) and co-chair of the Michigan Transportation Team (MTT).
"These projects are vital to Michigan's economic future. When roads are maintained, they attract new business. Economic and job growth will not happen in Michigan when MDOT is forced to cancel critical infrastructure projects."
BERRIEN
US-12
Red Arrow Highway to Hoder Road
Bridge-Replacement and Rehabilitation US-31 BR
US-31 BR over Dowagiac River
Superstructure replacement
U.S.-12
M-60 to Edwardsburg
Resurface