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LANSING -- Voters across Michigan expressed support for local road millages during Tuesday’s primary election, approving 92% of new millages and 96% of renewal proposals on local ballots, according to data provided by Lansing-based Gongwer News Service.
Residents in counties, cities, villages and townships voted to continue or expand their investment in local roads to complement the additional state dollars pledged from the 2025 Road Funding Package. A total of 156 local road millage proposals -- 107 renewals and 50 increases -- appeared on ballots across the state. That number includes renewals of seven county-wide road millage proposals, including Dickinson County.
“We greatly appreciate voters’ continued support for improving Michigan’s roads and bridges,” said Denise Donohue, CEO of the County Road Association of Michigan. “When the dollars arrive from the historic state road funding package approved last year, combined with continued local investment from townships and voter-approved road millages, they will give county road agencies the resources they need to make meaningful progress.”
All election results, including millages, are unofficial until certified by the State Bureau of Elections.
Collectively, Michigan's county road agencies manage 75% of all roads in the state, including 90,500 miles of roads and 5,900 bridges. County road agencies also maintain the state's highway system in 63 counties. Michigan has the nation's fourth-largest local road system.