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Governor promoting Proposal 1

LANSING, MI (AP)--   Governor Rick Snyder and other Proposal 1 supporters have launched a road tour urging voters to approve a tax increase on May 5 that would generate $1.2 billion a year more for roads.

The governor visited a bridge closed due to deterioration Thursday in northern Macomb County. The visit kicked off a multicity bus tour scheduled to include Friday stops in Cadillac, Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo, and Monday in Lansing and Detroit.

Snyder said rejecting Proposal 1 will result in more bridge closures and deteriorating roads.

Critics say it would give money to special interests.

Passage of the measure would allocate nearly $300 million to schools and $90 million to local governments.

If the constitutional amendment passes May 5, Michigan's 6 percent sales tax would increase to 7 percent.