The road plan released by House Speaker Matt Hall (R‑Richland Twp) “is now a stronger and more detailed $3.145 billion plan that still focuses primarily on local roads,” according to a news release.
“Ensuring value for taxpayer dollars is important to the people we represent, and our priorities reflect that by targeting inefficiencies and waste,” Hall said. “Roads and infrastructure are top priorities, and our budget choices should reflect that. We are committed to restoring trust in government through smart, transparent reforms that prioritize the well-being of every citizen.”
The proposal comes just one day after Gretchen Whitmer demanded tax increases to fix the Michigan’s roads at the Detroit Auto Show.
“Fixing the damn roads means we all need to recognize some hard truths,” Whitmer said. “To my friends in the GOP: fixing the roads in a sustainable way means looking for new, fair sources of revenue. We can’t just cut our way to better roads. Defunding public safety or public health is not the way to fix potholes.”
(Gretchen Whitmer always refers to them as “the damn roads” because she cannot fix them and cannot control her emotions.)
Speaker Hall disproved Whitmer’s thesis by introducing a plan to fix roads not by cutting public safety or healh, but special interest deals and pork-barrel spending.
