Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that the Michigan Department of Transportation has secured $778.8 million in final financing, ensuring completion of all remaining projects approved under the Rebuilding Michigan program.
Whitmer implemented the $3.5 billion financing program early in her tenure, allowing MDOT to accelerate long-term fixes to critical roads and bridges before infrastructure further declined and repairs became more costly. Combined with premiums from investors and interest earned, the total financing reached $4.3 billion as approved by Michigan's State Transportation Commission in March 2026.
Since the program's inception through the end of this construction season, Michigan will have fixed more than 26,500 lane miles of road and 2,000 bridges, supporting tens of thousands of construction jobs. The Rebuilding Michigan program, now in its final years, is expected to see more than 36 of 47 total projects substantially complete by the end of 2026, with several additional projects slated for bid letting in early 2027.
Major corridor investments include I-275 in Wayne County, I-696 in Oakland County, I-496 in Eaton and Ingham counties, US-131 in Kent County, and I-475 in Genesee County. The financing strategy is designed to advance fixes that result in longer road life and improve the condition of the state's infrastructure to achieve the trunkline pavement performance goal of 90 percent in good or fair condition.