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Rep. Saint Germain urges letting larger Michigan towns allow golf carts on local roads
Summary
Representative Saint Germain told the House Transportation Committee his bill would raise the population threshold allowing municipalities to permit golf carts from 30,000 to 65,000 residents, saying it is a local-option change; the County Road Association testified neutrally and flagged safety and signage cost concerns.
Representative Saint Germain told the House Transportation Committee that his bill would expand the population threshold that allows local governments to permit golf carts from 30,000 to 65,000 residents, framing the change as “local control” rather than a state mandate. "This bill would simply expand the population threshold to 65,000 population," he said, adding that municipalities could still opt out.
Saint Germain said the measure is designed to let communities decide based on their roads and safety needs and stressed it would not allow travel on M-roads or highways; golf carts would be permitted to cross those roads but not travel along them. He described the change as a practical response to shifting…
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