Sound_Off's Blog

Do you mean where wouldn't it be? Like widening shoulders, that we don't drive on? Or replacing miles perfectly good guard rail?
Or adding more guard rail to 50 year old roads?
Maybe start by hiring companies that do good work. Look at I-69 by Davison, ---New road, so rough they had to diamond mill the surface, to get rid of the roller coaster effect.

I belive that with all the ROAD USE Taxes that every trucking co. and owner/operators , both mich. and all other states pay ,along with all the taxes we pay for roads ,oh! yes the money the government gives us , there is no reason why we should have any bad roads at all, they all should be as smooth as glass. or is it they are paying way tooo ! much for inferior workmanship,inflated material cost,or maybe the money is being wasted somewhere else ???makes you wonder doesn't it ??

The road that leads straight to Governor Granholm is the road I would pave so that way we could go there quickly and kick he a$$. This crap I realize has been going on for years and I am tired of it. As soon as you drive into Ohio you can totally tell you left our state because the roads are so much better. Get with it Michigan Government stop wasting our taxes and fix it for crying out loud, you people suck!!!

'unless the state doubles what it spends on them.'

I have a better Idea! What purpose are the Prisoners in our Jails serving? Other than being fed three times a day, phone privileges, internet privileges, T.V. privileges, exercise privileges and what ever else they have privileges for. I say BRING BACK THE CHAIN GANGS. I don't give a damn who protests. Don't like it, TOUGH!

Why should the state feed these worthless people who decided their own fate. CRIME
MAKE THEM WORK. MAKE THEM EARN THEIR FOOD. Let them work on the roads and anything else that the state is lacking in funds for. If they Refuse to work, Refuse to feed them. It is not unusual & cruel punishment to make these people work. Maybe after the job & task they're given is finished, they will have thought better of themselves. Even to the point of knowing that they can indeed accomplish something positive in life. And change completely for the good. If not, well let them continue a life in being a permanent prisoner who'll have to work for their keep whether they like it or not.

The only bad side to letting the prisoners do the work on the roads is-
They will put more people out of work in MI & still live better!! Hell they don't even have to pay for cable & will probably be able to buy converter boxes for their TV's that most of US can't afford.

Hey- I know I got off the roads but why doesn't MI export their prisoners for $$ to work on the roads. It seems to work for the BIG3!!

With the ginormous gas tax we pay at the pump for road work, maybe Jen can tell us where that $$ is going to.

Actually it would be a cumulative project on select roads going north-south & east-west; I would modify roads like Van BLEEP, where I would extend the freeway to I-696 for one. The same for Hall Road from Van BLEEP east. With less stop time & regulated speeds, gas & time savings alone would pay for these projects. The traffic jams on I-75 & I-696 could be alleviated by adding additional freeways.

Plank Road in Monroe County--between Yensch and Sanford Roads! We have had 2 blown out tires--including needing new rims on our new car--not to mention how many close calls we have had when trying to miss the many, many 'craters'. This is a popular road between Milan and Monroe--quit doing 'rinky-dink' fixits and get it done proper before there is a serious accident!

I'll pay for the road that brings Jenny back to Canada , where she belongs . The cost is no object , as long as she can't destroy another state in America ! Because that is exactly what the Democrat machine will do with her .