Flood-damaged infrastructure

Current understanding

Tracks Michigan infrastructure damage from flooding events — including roads, bridges, and fuel delivery corridors — and the state response (emergency declarations, repair funding, regulatory waivers). Northern Michigan flooding has been cited as a driver for at least one energy emergency declaration disrupting fuel delivery to the eastern Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Peninsula.

Evidence log

• 2026-08-26 — Transportation: funds; local agency infrastructure disaster relief fund and board; create. Amends secs. 10 & 11 of 1951 PA 51 (MCL 247.660 & 247.661) & adds sec. 11k.: cross-connection with local-agency-infrastructure-disaster-relief: The proposed Local Agency Infrastructure Disaster Relief Fund would be a dedicated funding channel for local repairs after disasters, including flood damage to roads and bridges. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-05-13 — State management: funds; safeguarding tomorrow revolving loan fund; create. Amends 1976 PA 390 (MCL 30.401 - 30.421) by adding sec. 19a. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5964’26: 2026 — HB 5965’26 (tie-barred to HB 5964’26) would create a Safeguarding Tomorrow revolving loan fund under 1976 PA 390 to finance local natural-hazard mitigation projects, potentially reducing future flood damage to Michigan infrastructure. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
• 2026-04-14 — EXECUTIVE ORDER No 2026-6 Declaration of a State of Energy Emergency: cross-connection with energy-emergency-declarations: EO 2026-6 links the two: flood-damaged Northern Michigan infrastructure was the triggering cause for the energy emergency declaration and motor carrier regulatory relief. (novelty: 2)

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