Midland County voters approved renewal and restoration of a road millage to 1 mill in the August primary after a Headlee rollback reduced the effective rate. The levy is one of the county's alternating road millages and is estimated to generate about $4.39 million in 2027 for road improvement and maintenance. With the funding secured, the public decision shifts from whether to collect it to how the road commission should prioritize it: repairing the worst pavement, preventing still-usable roads from deteriorating, or concentrating on bridges and corridors carrying the greatest safety and economic importance. Road money disappears fast if it is spread everywhere. The useful question is whether to fix the worst roads first or stop decent roads from becoming expensive failures.