(CBS DETROIT) – Governor Gretchen Whitmer is visiting several construction sites at Michigan’s roads and bridges.
The governor says she is urging the legislature to pass a $30 million budget request to fix the state’s infrastructure.
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Already underway is the $350 million Rebuilding Michigan Plan which is reconstructing the state’s highways.
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