It's already possible to build roads that last 30 - 50 years. However, they will cost considerably more than current roads. The Free Press pubished an article about the price of better constructed roads. It can be found here - https://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...lity/98683742/
Considering the negative response to the Whitmer road funding plan, I don't think a plan for improved road construction has a chance of being implemented. People appear to be willing to put up with blown tires and damaged suspension components before they pay an additional $0.45 a gallon.
Toll roads and congestion pricing still remain alternatives for additional road funding. California has already implemented congestion pricing in LA and San Francisco. If you want to use the HOV lanes on the Harbor Freeway at peak times, it'll cost $1.40 a mile. Both sides benefit. Single occupancy vehicles get a faster trip, and Caltrans gets more money for road improvements and transit improvements.
Other cities have adopted congestion pricing. Why not Detroit, especially if some of the revenues help fund mass transit.
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