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Construction trade group warns of funding cliff, potential job losses and supply‑chain drivers of higher road costs
Summary
Lance Ben Onini, vice president of government affairs for the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association, told the House committee Michigan faces a long‑term funding shortfall that could cause thousands of skilled jobs to disappear and drive up construction costs.
Lance Ben Onini, vice president of government affairs for the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association (MITA), told the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that Michigan faces a long‑term funding shortfall and that the state risks losing skilled construction jobs if the funding cliff is not addressed.
“We have inherited a large funding crisis because of decades of underinvestment,” Ben Onini said, summarizing the group’s position. He told members that the Transportation Asset Management Council’s 90% good/fair condition goal is not being met: MITA cited a current statewide average of about 67% good/fair condition, leaving roughly a third of pavement in poor condition.
MITA presented a widely cited estimate that achieving and sustaining a 90%…
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