Do all counties have road commissions?

Every county in Michigan has a county road agency. All but one have county road commissions. In Macomb and Wayne Counties, the road commission was merged with county general government. In every other county, the road commission is a separate unit of government.

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What do county road commissions do?
The activities of road commissions vary from county to county. In rural counties, for example, road commissions spend a great deal of time maintaining gravel roads. Commissions in the urban, more populace counties of southern lower Michigan split their time between maintaining gravel and paved roads. For most, however, winter maintenance (plowing and salting) is a top priority.
County road commission duties include, but are not limited to:

Road and bridge construction, repair and maintenance.
Snow removal, salting, and sanding.
Surface treatments and chip and crack sealing.
Street lane painting and marking and maintaining road signage.
Ensuring steady and safe traffic patterns.
Controlling roadside vegetation, mowing and brush cutting.
Gravel road grading.
Roadside ditch and drain maintenance.

A typical county road commission's equipment includes:

Excavating machinery, paving tools, and backhoes.
Tractors, mowers, and street sweepers.
A fleet of motor graders and single- and tandem-axle trucks for plowing, salting, sanding, and grading.

Related Links

View MTF Gas and Registration Tax Revenue and Distribution Reports. This site provides revenue and expenditure data for the Michigan Transportation Fund. Also provided are estimated values for fiscal year 2010 distributions.

MDOT Act 51 Reporting System
This site allows you to view MTF payments made to counties (or cities/villages) over a specified period of time.

Click here to access the MDOT file libraries.

MTF Gas and Registration Tax Payment Information can be found by clicking here

Click here to link to information related to the Metropolitan Planning Organizations

A steady decrease in road funding and an increase in costs have forced state and local agencies to alter their winter maintenance plans and change plowing priorities. However, one important fact has not changed: road crews must have ample room in order to safely clear the many miles of roadway of snow and ice.
Click here to download the media release

Click here for more tips for winter driving

Click here to download a copy of Michigan's County Road Commissions: Driving Our Economy Forward

Road funding has fallen short of maintenance needs for too long.

Call, write or e-mail your State legislators and tell them that you want Michigan's roads fully funded. Click here to link to the Drive Michigan Campaign.