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County Road Association of Michigan Announces New President and Vice President

Dirk Heckman
Dirk Heckman
Jerry Byrne
Jerry Byrne
LANSING, MI — Dirk Heckman, PE, Manager of the Mackinac County Road Commission (MCRC), has been elected 2024-2025 President of the County Road Association (CRA) of Michigan. Heckman served as CRA Vice President for 2023-2024.  Heckman has worked for MCRC since 2008, serving as Engineer-Manager. A graduate of Michigan State University, Heckman previously worked for a consulting firm starting in 1999, and in several capacities at the Chippewa County Road Commission for seven years. “I look forward to serving the members of the CRA as the new board President,” Heckman said. “Together, we can improve the outlook for county roads in Michigan, and I’m excited to be a part of that and serve my peers in the other 82 county road agencies.”
Jerry Byrne, Manager of the Kent County Road Commission (KCRC), has been elected by CRA's Board of Directors to serve as its 2024-2025 Vice President.

Byrne has worked for KCRC for over 40 years, 20 of those as head of KCRC’s maintenance division and local road construction. He was named Managing Director in October 2023. A graduate of Aquinas College, Byrne has fostered relationships with the Michigan Department of Transportation, Kent County Emergency Response, townships, and neighboring jurisdictions, playing a pivotal role in resource planning and coordination during emergency response and collaborative road maintenance initiatives.

“I am grateful and excited for this opportunity to serve CRA’s members,” Byrne said. “The association continues to make a big impact in Michigan, and I look forward to getting even more involved.”
The 83 members of the County Road Association of Michigan represent the unified voice for a safe and efficient county transportation infrastructure system in Michigan, including appropriate stewardship of the public’s right of way in rural and urban Michigan. Collectively, Michigan’s county road agencies manage 75 percent of all roads in the state, including 90,500 miles of roads and 5,900 bridges. County road agencies also maintain the state’s highway system in 63 counties. Michigan has the nation’s fourth-largest local road system.

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