"I support the Build It Michigan Strong legislative package to modernize PA 113.  This is necessary for our economy because we must rebuild our roads and infrastructure while ensuring every single tax dollar is stretched as far as possible by reducing costs. Southeast Michigan already imports 9 million tons of aggregates per year and a MDOT study projects more shortages in the near future.

We should modernize our permit process for using our abundant natural resources to avoid increasing transit costs and wasteful, endless court cases that only put our economic future at risk. This is not a local issue, it is a statewide need, and that is why I ask that you support these reforms. My tax dollars should go to paving more miles of new road, not waste. Thank you."