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Municipal League presses for neighborhood‑scale funding, proposes 50¢ delivery fee to target local streets
Summary
The Michigan Municipal League told the committee city and village streets — which make up most local miles — need targeted funding. The League proposed a neighborhood roads fund, modeled in part on other states, that would use a small retail delivery fee to raise dedicated dollars for local non‑federal roads.
John LaMackie of the Michigan Municipal League told the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that cities and villages manage the bulk of neighborhood streets and that federal and state programs do not sufficiently reach non‑federal, neighborhood roadways.
LaMackie said cities and villages collectively manage more than 21,000 miles of road and emphasized that roughly two‑thirds of local roads are not federal‑aid‑eligible. He said that while cities and villages already use general fund dollars, bonds and local millages to pay for roads, those sources are uneven and often inadequate…
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