Troy Roads Rolling in 2014

Image via City of Troy

If you haven't seen it yet, take a look at the video at the bottom of this post from the 5/19/14 Troy City Council on the Troy Roads Rock program. It's very informative and demonstrates how different levels of government (City, County, and State) can work together to improve our local roads.

Now if we could just get Republicans and Democrats in the Michigan Legislature to find common ground on funding long-term improvements to our State's infrastructure. It seems logical that a fuel tax increase is needed if it's coupled with other reforms to the way we build and maintain our infrastructure. Even a traditionally "conservative" organization like the Michigan Chamber of Commerce supports increasing state and local investment in roads and public transportation by at least $1.6 billion per year.

When it comes to funding reforms and budgetary re-prioritization, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy has made a number of worthwhile suggestions that a long-term solution should also include.