By John Bebow - November 13, 2008
Michigan faces "dire" consequences — including a loss of 17,000 more jobs, billions in federal matching funds, and lost global competitiveness — if it doesn not double its investment in infrastructure, a bipartisan Transportation Funding Task Force reported this week.
The dozen and a half possible fixes include the first general increase in fuel taxes in more than two decades or a new price percentage tax rather than the flat, per-gallon tax used now.
At the same time, another bipartisan coalition called Get Michigan Moving is actively pushing for numerous mass transit bills to clear the Legislature.
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Thanks for the update! However, you've got a link problem. The correct website for the new Get Michigan Moving site is http://getmichiganmoving.wordpress.com/.
Yes Please!
I have been writing to the governor's office since Engler was in place, and to the DOT to plead the case of commuters statewide to begin the process of creating an interlink light rail system along expanded roadways to limit the increasing traffic and ever broadening truck traffic and snarls and accidents.
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