LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Republicans in the Michigan House want to fix Whitmer’s “damn roads” with a package of bills that would shift $3.1 billion of existing funds without raising taxes.

On Wednesday, the Michigan House approved the nine-bill road funding package. Of the $3.1 billion, Republicans said $2.5 billion would be earmarked specifically for local roads.

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State Rep. Karl Bohnak (R-Deerton) said that securing long-term road funding in Michigan has amounted to a “pipe dream” over the past 10 years.  “I’m confident there is finally light at the end of a very bumpy tunnel with the plan we passed,” he said.

His colleague, State Rep. Alicia St. Germaine (R-Harrison Township), quipped that the British drive “on the left side of the road” but “Michigan drives on what’s left of the road.” She added, “Michigan has been promised better roads for years now, and yet, we are still dodging potholes left and right,” said St. Germaine. “If our cars have to be road worthy, shouldn’t our roads have to be car worthy?”

However, the Republican plan still has a long way to go. It now heads to the Democratic-controlled Senate where Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) has called the plan “nonsense” and will likely offer resistance at the behest of Gov. Whitmer. In 2019, Whitmer introduced a failed proposal to raise the state’s gas tax by 45 cents per gallon. Last month, Whitmer gave a “road ahead” address that advocated raising taxes as the solution to road funding.