I feel like they should really be looking into how much additional wear the absurd percentages of suvs and pickups are causing
this post was submitted on 30 May 2024
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It's not that, it's the freight trucks. We have a much higher weight limit than other states, and it tears up our roads. States around us spend about 3 times as much on roads as we do.
Brining the roads in bulk during the winter also doesn't help.
It's partially the freight trucks, but even without them there's a reason why the states around us spend 3x as us on their roads. Agree that freight trucks don't help, but the real gap is spending.
Decades of cheap construction and half-assed fixes finally coming home to roost. I almost wish that giant gas tax had gone through so we could actually fund real, sustainable road construction.
How can Ohio and Indianna have so much better roads? And don't say lake effect because that is not much worse than the states to the south. We in MI need to do whatever they are doing, if it's toll roads or higher taxes then so be it. Driving through those states I did notice they have some strong weight restrictions on their roads, maybe MI needs to toughen up the weight regulations.
Also stop fucking ripping up stretches of road and leaving them closed for months. Either finish the fucking project at once or don't rip them up in the first place! I am tired of trying to get around and roads are closed for the whole summer until a week before snow fall and then suddenly the construction gets rushed. How good can a repair be if the asphalt is placed during winter.
The states around us spend an average of three times as much as Michigan on road maintenance and road construction. Another part of the problem is we use the same low bidders who have proven track records for cutting corners and budget overruns. We don't adopt mechanisms to cut out the crap construction.
A big factor is that Michigan has looser trucking laws. I have heard some civil planing doesn't even consider cars for road life. Allowing bigger heavier trucks moving very fast really tear up roads.