Same thing here. Roads are falling apart, but they put in a new bike path, Governor takes the Highway fund and puts them in the General fund and then threatens to raise the gas tax to pay for highways. Every rainy day fund stolen by the Governor, every other fund in the state robbed.
A few years back. Carl Levin was asking for $2 million from transportation money to save a section of Tiger stadium. His justification for asking for transportation money was that a bus stop would be built into the place.
Hell, along 696 in metro detroit, and the adjoining stretch of I-94, they put up brand new eco friendly streetlights... while my teeth were being rattled out by potholes.... now they are putting all new plants along the sides of 696, and the road surface still sucks.... not to mention all the brand new computerized signs... the ones that have messages like “Don’t drink and drive” they were a cool 500k apiece.... you can’t read them because your car is being launched in the air from the huge pothole ( or the overfilled patch they put on it )..however, when I drive through lansing(the state capital) there are real nice roads there...out of sight, out of mind i guess