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A jump in rock salt prices is causing Macomb and Oakland counties to try new strategies that they hope will allow them to clear icy roads this winter ...

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http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2009/11/macomb_and_oakland_counties_pl.html

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Richard Schmieding, the owner of Schmieding Sawmill in Shelby, doesn’t need a report to know that Oceana County’s roads are in rough shape.The conditi...

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http://www.ludingtondailynews.com/news/46690-rough-roads-rile-drivers-businesses?newsgroup_id=

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In 2008 Regional Policy Conference attendees voted to set a business agenda for the region. The outcome included a directive to “Update Funding Mechan...

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http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2009/11/opinion_roads_highways_and_bri.html

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Heavy early snowfall, combined with high salt prices, led to a salt shortage in the winter of 2008, and with heavy budget cuts across Michigan, many f...

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http://www.wwmt.com/articles/salt-1368926-michigan-0in.html

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Michigan could lose up to 25,000 jobs due to a lack of transportation funding, a new University of Michigan study concluded. Job losses began in 2006 ...

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Drivers like Erik Kuszynski of Livonia are feeling crushed by the huge amount of roadwork starting later and lasting longer this year......It's a lot ...

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http://www.freep.com/article/20091020/NEWS05/910200358/1319/

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There is a chance the state Legislature will do something about Michigan’s worsening road-funding crisis by early next year, the Lenawee County Road C...

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http://www.lenconnect.com/news/x1579581954/Lobbyist-tells-road-board-to-expect-funding-fix-soon

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Nearly a decade into the 21st Century, the United States still lacks a comprehensive national plan to drive hundreds of billions of dollars of transpo...

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http://freep.com/article/20090927/OPINION01/909270451/1069/Opinion01/Changing-gears-on-transportation

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Deep-pocketed toll road companies might provide Michigan a portion of the billions of dollars it needs , and doesn't have, to fix its aging highway sy...

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http://www.detnews.com/article/20090920/OPINION01/909200308/1008/opinion01/Editorial--Privatizing-roads-may-boost-infrastructure

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The Department of Transportation (MDOT) would turn over state-run highways and facilities to a private company, which could, in turn, set up tolls to ...

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