NEWS - ‘Systematic decline’ in Michigan road conditions presented to the State Transportation Commission

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                           THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2015

 CONTACT: Roger Safford, 616-451-4488
                     William McEntee, 248-672-5459

                      

‘Systematic decline’ in Michigan road conditions 
presented to the State Transportation Commission

 

March 19, 2015 – An emerging report by the Transportation Asset Management Council (TAMC) shows Michigan’s roads are continuing to deteriorate – and the pace is accelerating.

“Over the nine years the council has been collecting and analyzing data, we have seen a systematic decline in the miles rated ‘good’ on the paved federal aid system”, said TAMC Vice Chairman William McEntee. “We have also seen an accelerated increase in the number of roads rated ‘poor’ in the last year.”

Preliminary findings were presented to State Transportation Commission (STC) today at the commission's meeting in Auburn Hills. The TAMC, a partnership of state and local road stakeholders, is required by law to submit an annual report to the STC, the Legislature and the House and Senate transportation committees. McEntee gave an overview of the data being used to generate this year's report. The final report will be submitted when completed.

The presentation shared the most recent pavement and bridge measurements, along with analysis of data collected over the past nine years. McEntee outlined the culmination of a long term statewide trend: miles of roads rated “good” or “fair” have declined from to 77 to 62 percent while miles of roads rated “poor” have increased from to 23 to 38 percent.

The TAMC also announced that the 2014 PASER road condition data is available for downloading and display from the TAMC website.  Information on the conditions of roads and bridges by state, county, and city or village jurisdiction -- including an interactive map showing road and bridge conditions -- can be found on the TAMC website at http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mitrp/Data/paserMap.aspx. Select the “Layers” button on the upper left side of the page to choose the data to be displayed. The dashboards and bridge data will be updated on the website in conjunction with the release of the final report, due in late April.

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