LANSING, MI The County Road Association (CRA) of Michigan honored Jeff Ely, Equipment Investment Counselor at the AIS Construction Equipment Corporation, with its Distinguished Service Award at CRA's 2017 Annual Highway Conference.

AIS have been big supporters of local roads and county road agencies for years. Ely organized CRA's Southern Mid-Michigan Golf Outing in 2016. Ely exhibits at Road Shows, sponsors several events and organizes popular euchre tournaments to bring friends of county roads together. Through his dedication to the local transportation infrastructure and work at AIS, Ely has demonstrated himself and AIS as strong supporters of CRA members.    

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 90,000 miles of roads and 5,700 bridges. County road agencies also maintain the state's highway system in 64 counties. Michigan has the nation's fourth-largest local road system.