Unlocking the full potential of the MIC’s integrated infrastructure vision requires collaboration and coordination that extends beyond local and regional agencies to include the State departments. By aligning our asset management processes with our regulatory models we can create a compliance by design approach to future oversight. By aligning our data systems, we can turn siloed infrastructure data points into valuable insights that can educate and inform state and local infrastructure investment and priorities.
MIC Will Work With TAMC, WAMC, and the Department of Treasury to Develop an Integrated Infrastructure Dashboard. The Dashboard Will Transform Infrastructure and Financial Data Reported to the State Into Valuable Insights for Decision Making.
The long-term goal of MIC is to transform state infrastructure data into a strategic asset, enabling better decision-making at both state and local levels. This vision necessitates development of a comprehensive database that gathers infrastructure data from across hundreds of regulatory processes and presents it in a userfriendly interface accessible to the community leaders and citizens. Currently, the TAMC transportation dashboards serve as an effective public facing tool for measuring our statewide transportation goals. By building upon this model, we can bring useful insights to state and local decision makers about infrastructure needs and performance across all asset classes.
MIC Will Work With Michigan Department of Transportation, EGLE, MPSC, and Local Governments to Identify Barriers and Opportunities for Aligning Existing Funding Streams to Support Integrated Infrastructure Projects.
The MIC will work with MIO on their streamlined permitting project to better understand current practices and identifying changes necessary to better support future integrated infrastructure projects. Aligning various funding streams dedicated to specific assets can be a powerful tool to incentivize comprehensive infrastructure projects. By pooling resources from diverse sources like transportation grants, environmental remediation budgets, and economic development funds, stakeholders can approach infrastructure projects with a broader perspective. When various funding streams come together, it encourages collaboration between different agencies and jurisdictions building stronger regions and, in turn, a stronger Michigan. By aligning infrastructure grant and loan offerings and promoting collaboration through scoring criteria, we can create strong incentives to pursue integrated infrastructure solutions that maximize the return on public investments. By creating a streamlined permitting process for integrated projects, we can further increase this incentive and promote a dig-once future.
1) MIC Will Collaborate With The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget (DTMB), Michigan Department of Transportation, and TAMC to Establish Data Connections Between Existing Data Sources and the New MIC Project Portal.
2) MIC Will Investigate Other Plans and Data Sets Held by the State Departments That Could Be Integrated Into the MIC Project Portal.
Eliminating redundant reporting by local and regional governments by improving our ability to share infrastructure data within state departments will be a priority of MIC. In developing the Strategy, MIC worked closely with Michigan Department of Transportation and DTMB to explore opportunities to integrate Objective: Leveraging Collective Expertise Through Cross Council Collaboration Strategy: 1) MIC Expands Its Committee Structure to Include Representation From Both WAMC And TAMC. 2) The MIC Will Host an Annual Cross Council Strategic Planning Meeting Where the Councils Will Align Annual Work Plans and Strategies. To achieve the 2054 vision, MIC, WAMC, and TAMC are committed to seamless collaboration and coordinated efforts. We recognize the power of diverse perspectives and the unique solutions that emerge from working together. Objective: Hosting an Inaugural Integrated Infrastructure Conference Strategy: MIC, WAMC, and TAMC Will Host an Inaugural Integrated Infrastructure Conference to Showcase the Strategy and Build Awareness and Support for Future Efforts. existing transportation planning data captured in JOBNET and the TAMC Investment Reporting Tool (IRT) into the MIC Project Portal. By integrating this data into the Project Portal, without the need for resubmission by road agencies, we eliminate redundancy in reporting.
1) MIC Expands Its Committee Structure to Include Representation From Both WAMC And TAMC.
2) The MIC Will Host an Annual Cross Council Strategic Planning Meeting Where the Councils Will Align Annual Work Plans and Strategies.
To achieve the 2054 vision, MIC, WAMC, and TAMC are committed to seamless collaboration and coordinated efforts. We recognize the power of diverse perspectives and the unique solutions that emerge from working together. Building on the learning and appreciation gained during the Strategy development, we will align our operations, combine our expertise, and join forces to deliver on its actions.
MIC, WAMC, and TAMC Will Host an Inaugural Integrated Infrastructure Conference to Showcase the Strategy and Build Awareness and Support for Future Efforts.
Conferences and seminars present an opportunity to bring together stakeholders from across Michigan to break down silos and build relationships that foster future collaboration. They also offer unique opportunities to bring together asset classes to think in an integrated approach to asset management and capital development. Our first conference will be held in August 2024, planned collaboratively by the MIC, TAMC, and WAMC.
