Following Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s unveiling of a new plan to bond for road funding, State Rep. Douglas Wozniak (R-Shelby Township) issued a statement calling it “severely irresponsible.” The plan would require paying back the more than $3 billion borrowed at a high rate of interest.
“Instead of working with the Legislature to find a practical solution, she’s kicking the problem to our children and grandchildren in the form of debt,” Wozniak said in a statement. “This is a reckless approach. The next generation shouldn’t have to foot the bill for this.”
The statement notes the governor originally proposed a 45-cent-per-gallon gas tax increase for the current fiscal year, which was rejected.
Rep. Douglas Wozniak
| Michigan House Republicans
“After vetoing several funding plans within a budget that advanced through the House and Senate in an ill-fated attempt to get the Legislature to negotiate a gas tax increase of some form, Wozniak helped restore key measures that will fund essential services throughout Macomb County,” the statement said. “Wozniak underscored a previously approved roads funding plan that will be fully implemented by 2021 and is expected to generate roughly $1 billion more for road repairs, noting the governor has decided to act on bonding before the effects of that plan can be evaluated."
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