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Transportation Funding Task Force to meet Sept. 8 in Lansing

Contact:  Bill Shreck 517-335-3084
Agency: Transportation


WHAT: The Transportation Funding Task Force, a bi-partisan task force appointed by Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm and the Michigan Legislature, will hold its next meeting in Lansing.

WHO: Transportation Funding Task Force members
Citizens Advisory Committee members
MDOT staff members
General public

WHEN: Monday, Sept. 8, 2008
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

WHERE: Lansing Community College
West Campus, Room M-121-M-122.
5708 Cornerstone Drive
Lansing

BACKGROUND: The 13-member task force will review the adequacy of surface transportation, aeronautics service provision, and finance in Michigan, including strategies to ensure that Michigan receives a greater financial return on transportation investments. It also will evaluate the potential of alternate strategies to replace or supplement state motor fuel taxes, existing and alternative user fees, and non-user revenues to support economic activity and personal mobility in Michigan. The task force will hold monthly meetings across the state and will publish its preliminary findings by Oct. 31, 2008.

More information about the Transportation Funding Task Force is available online at www.michigan.gov/tf2.

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