LANSING – Ninety percent of Michigan’s structurally deficient or functionally obsolete bridges will not be repaired over the next five years because the state has no money to fix them, according to the latest draft of the Michigan Department of Transportation’s (MDOT) new five-year plan.

The plan also projects that by 2019, two-thirds of MDOT roads will be in poor condition because the state is unable to match the federal dollars available.

“MDOT’s draft five-year plan merely highlights what Michigan drivers feel in their bones every time their cars hit a pothole –- Michigan’s roads and bridges are failing and the state isn’t investing enough to maintain them,” said Mike Nystrom, executive vice president of the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association (MITA).

Read the full press release at: http://www.rossmangroup.com/pdf/MITA%20MDOT%205-Year%20Plan%20Comments%20Release%20FINAL%201.4.11.pdf

Charts Attachment: http://www.rossmangroup.com/pdf/Charts%20Attachment%20to%20MDOT%205-Yr%20Plan%20Comments.pdf