- Michigan ranks 30th among all 50 states in road funding levels by an assessment of data from 2012 to 2021 and 40th in road system conditions using the latest available data.
- Michigan’s road program performance – the efficacy in utilizing given funding levels to maintain the public road network – is found to have declined between 2004 and 2024.
- Policy discussions regarding road funding should include an evaluation of options to improve Michigan’s road program performance. Primary among policy implications are recommendations to review the efficacy of Michigan’s approach to pavement management and to prioritize the repeal and replacement of Public Act 51 of 1951, Michigan’s road funding distribution law.
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