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    • Do all counties have road commissions?


    Every county in Michigan has a county road agency. All but five have county road commissions. In Calhoun, Ingham, 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.

    Click on the map, or County name, for road commission contact information.

    Your browser does not support this image map. Please click the county name on the left to learn more about the county.

    Alcona     ~     Alger   ~    Allegan   ~    Alpena   ~    Antrim   ~    Arenac   ~    Baraga   ~    Barry   ~    Bay    ~    Benzie   ~    Berrien   ~    Branch   ~    Calhoun   ~    Cass   ~    Charlevoix   ~    Cheboygan   ~    Chippewa   ~    Clare   ~    Clinton   ~    Crawford   ~    Delta   ~    Dickinson   ~    Eaton   ~    Emmet   ~    Genesee   ~    Gladwin   ~    Gogebic   ~    Gd. Traverse   ~    Gratiot   ~    Hillsdale   ~    Houghton   ~    Huron   ~    Ingham   ~    Ionia   ~    Iosco   ~    Iron   ~    Isabella   ~    Jackson   ~    Kalamazoo   ~    Kalkaska   ~    Kent   ~    Keweenaw   ~    Lake   ~    Lapeer   ~    Leelanau   ~    Lenawee   ~    Livingston   ~    Luce   ~    Mackinac   ~    Macomb   ~    Manistee   ~    Marquette   ~    Mason   ~    Mecosta   ~    Menominee   ~    Midland   ~    Missaukee   ~    Monroe   ~    Montcalm   ~    Montmorency   ~    Muskegon   ~    Newaygo   ~    Oakland   ~    Oceana   ~    Ogemaw   ~    Ontonagon   ~    Osceola   ~    Oscoda   ~    Otsego   ~    Ottawa   ~    Presque Isle   ~    Roscommon   ~    Saginaw   ~    Sanilac   ~    Schoolcraft   ~    Shiawassee   ~    St. Clair   ~    St. Joseph   ~    Tuscola   ~    Van Buren   ~    Washtenaw   ~    Wayne   ~    Wexford

    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:
    A typical county road commission's equipment includes:

    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



    Asset Management Council Releases new report

    This new report from The Asset Managment Council details the rough road ahead. Click here to link to the 2011 summary document or for the full version click here.




    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 Just Fix The Roads





    CRAM RUSH-PACRUSH-PAC is the political fundraising arm of the County Road Association of Michigan (CRAM). RUSH-PAC stands for Rural and Urban Streets and Highways Political Action Committee. It is made up of people like you — who understand the value of good roads and bridges.
    Click here to learn how together, we can make our voice heard in Lansing.






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




    Click it or Ticket


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    Look Listen & Learn

    Michigan's county road agencies are working to improve roads to accommodate
    commercial vehicles, but increasing costs and declining
    revenues delay these costly improvements. To learn more about
    county road agency's funding needs, click here    .




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