WATCH: Gov. Whitmer holds roundtable on ‘Rebuilding Michigan’ plan
Governor Gretchen Whitmer held a media roundtable Thursday morning to offer an update on her “Rebuilding Michigan” plan that she discussed in her 2020 State of the State address .
On Wednesday night, Whitmer announced that Michigan will borrow $3.5 billion to rebuild the state’s deteriorating roads and bridges over a five-year period. This is after the Republican-led Legislature rejected her proposed gasoline tax hike .
On Thursday, the State Transportation Commission authorized the sale of $3.5 billion in road and bridge-building bonds.
Read more: Whitmer: ‘No more waiting’; Michigan to borrow $3.5B for roads
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