State Rep. Pat Altman outlines 9-bill road funding plan, says Montcalm would receive $23 million

State Representative Pat Altman told the Montcalm County Board of Commissioners on April 28 that he is leading a nine-bill package intended to increase funding for Michigan roads by redirecting existing revenue rather than raising taxes.

Altman said the package (House Bills 4180–4187 and an additional floor substitute) would redirect corporate income tax revenue and sales-tax receipts on fuel to the Michigan Transportation Fund and provide roughly $3.1 billion in additional road funding statewide using existing revenue. "There's no tax hikes within this plan," he said, adding that the largest component would redirect the first $2.2 billion of corporate income tax revenue and that about $1 billion of sales-tax-on-fuel revenue would go to transportation.

Altman framed the plan as focused on local roads, not just trunk lines. He said about $2.5 billion of the plan would go to local roads…