On Hand

Why are we always fixing Michigan roads?


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Are Michigan's roads really so bad that we need to be repairing them all the time? What's really going on with our orange-barrel forests? For this episode of On Hand, we tackle a listener's question about road repairs by talking to two actual road engineers. We'll also get externally-verified facts about road quality, and hear some real talk about road politics in Lansing. We even bump into someone who started her own guerilla road crew. 

Guests:

  • Hamtramck resident Maritza Garibay
  • Brent Schlack, Director of Engineering, Washtenaw Road Commission

  • Adam Lape, Director of Operations, Washtenaw Road Commission

  • Lauren Gibbons, Bridge Michigan reporter
  • Adrian Hemond, CEO, Grassroots Midwest

 

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