Governor Whitmer Shifts Gears On Road Funding, Will Issue State Road Bonds

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Governor Gretchen Whitmer is shifting gears when it comes to her pledge to fix Michigan’s roads. During her second State of the State address on Wednesday, she announced plans to ask the State Transportation Committee to issue state road bonds. Whitmer says doing so will “save time, save money, and save lives,” and also will not come with any increase at the gas pump unlike what she proposed last year with a 45¢ per gallon hike that never came to be. Her administration says the plan is to raise $3.5 billion through the bonds so that the work on fixing Michigan’s infrastructure can begin immediately. Whitmer’s State of the State address was shorter than most in the past, something she addressed early on as she focused the remarks her plans for roads, education, jobs, and health care.