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Building roads and bridges generates jobs
On this week’s edition of the Talking Michigan Transportation podcast, a focus on jobs tied to road and bridge building.
Gov. Whitmer sent a letter Aug. 7 to the directors of the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO), calling on them to compile and publicly release data on the impact of the state’s road funding cliff and federal funding rollbacks and policies on Michigan’s economy and employment.
First, Heath Salisbury, financial secretary and training director for Operating Engineers 324, talks about what investments…
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