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Highway Program impacts

These tables and charts display the economic benefits of the more than $10.6 billion investment for the FY 2025-2029 multimodal highway program, including RMBP. As a result, an annual average of 18,565 jobs would be supported, including both new jobs as well as jobs retained, as well as $1.3 billion annually in labor income, $3.4 billion annually in business output and more than $1.7 billion annually in gross regional product (GRP).

 

Employment supported by FY 2025-2029 Five-Year Highway Program

2024

2025

2026

2027

2028

Total

Annual average

Investment (in million)

$2,823

$2,278

$1,866

$1,960

$1,715

$10,642

$2,128

Employment impact (jobs)

25,614

19,533

16,294

17,009

14,373

92,823*

18,565

Gross state product (in millions)

$2,310

$1,710

$1,479

$1,497

$1,294

$8,290

$1,658

Personal income (in millions)

$1,845

$1,317

$1,143

$1,157

$1,004

$6,466

$1,293

Investments in Michigan’s Highway and Bridge Program improve the performance of the transportation network by addressing bridge conditions, pavement quality, capacity, and safety. These performance improvements result in savings for individuals and businesses, improved safety, and reduced environmental impact from vehicle emissions. The effects last beyond the year of investment and support ongoing economic and societal benefits as shown in the table and the accompanying chart.

 

Cumulative performance impacts of FY 2025-2029 Five-Year Highway Program

Cumulative impact
2025-2029

Cumulative impact 2030-2034

Cumulative impact 2035-2039

Cumulative impact 2040-2044

Cumulative impact total

Employment impact (jobs)

1,388

1,730

1,709

1,682

6,509

Gross regional product (million $)

$135.38

$182.14

$193.24

$203.95

$714.71

Labor income (million $) *

$89.89

$120.53

$128.14

$135.13

$473.69

Output/sales (million $) **

$292.95

$399.19

$425.97

$450.86

$1,568.97

Societal benefits (million $) ***

$637.30

$698.20

$587.70

$494.80

$2,418

*Labor income is comprised of the sum of salaries, wages, proprietors’ income, and employer-paid benefits.

**Business Output/Sales is final sales, or total revenues, by industry. Depending on the industry, sales can be to any combination of other businesses, households, or the federal/state/local government, as defined by TREDIS.

***Societal Benefits include reductions in the following: vehicle operating costs, business time and reliability costs, personal time and reliability costs, safety costs, shipper/logistics costs, social/environmental costs. Societal benefits are in 2021 dollars and discounted at 3% (USDOT Guideline) to reflect the time value of money. Discounting reflects *not* inflation but the time value of money – the difference in value for benefits that come in the future vs. now.