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MDOT director outlines agency structure, multimodal priorities and funding picture
Summary
Michigan Department of Transportation Director Bridal Rieferch briefed the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on the department's responsibilities, funding sources and contracting approaches and answered lawmakers' questions about cost control, asset management and permitting.
Director Bridal Rieferch, Michigan Department of Transportation, told the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that MDOT is shifting from a narrow emphasis on pavement and bridges to a broader, multimodal approach that prioritizes people, communities and the economy.
Rieferch said the department manages the trunk line system (about 8% of statewide road mileage) that nevertheless carries more than three-quarters of commercial traffic and more than half of all vehicle miles traveled on the state’s roadways. She said the state system includes more than 20,000 miles of roadway and about 11,000 bridges spread across more than 600 jurisdictions, with roughly 9,000 trunk‑line miles and almost 5,000 trunk‑line bridges under MDOT oversight.
MDOT’s funding picture, Rieferch said, includes the Michigan Transportation Fund (MTF) — roughly $4 billion in recent years — and about $1.7 billion in federal aid. By statute (Act 51),…
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