MDOT and the DNR(E) - An Outrage

[QuackHead]

With all do respect to you Chris and this web site - But this is an out and out OUTRAGE! They (MDOT) complain about no new revenue to maintain roads. So they may raise road, gas tax and registration fees, Plus dip into the DNR(E) fund to pay for road upkeep in the 2011-2014 season. How much did it cost us (taxpayers) to blacktop 440 west of FHW-13? And just who okayed this waist? Who is on the MDOT and/or Delta Road Commision that has seasonal property on that road, who could justify the expense to us?

... "According to Vince Bevins, transportation planner at the MDOT Superior Region Office in Escanaba, the federal fund is bolstered by two sources — the federal and state taxes charged to each Michigan resident when fueling their car." .... "“We are running real lean right now and most of the projects included in the STIP plans are ones that need to be done." (need tobe done?? ie: cr440) ... "The committee has come up with ideas like increasing sales tax, fuel tax, registration, or even taking some money away from the DNRE,” said Bevins. “Their recommendations have been passed to the legislature and now the legislators have to act on them.".

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

August primaries are just around the corner and November isn't that far away!

There, my two cents worth!



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M. Scott Raymond
A Gladstone "voting" resident (since 1995), hunting & fishing license buyer, tax payer & constituent

yeah, I'm peeved!