LANSING, MI -- Surrounded by lawmakers and construction signs, Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday signed into law an extra $175 million cash infusion for the state's roads.

"You can't go anywhere in Michigan without people wanting to talk about roads," Snyder said at a press conference.

He signed into law a $175 million supplemental appropriation in time for the 2018 construction season.

The money will go to both state and local roads, something Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof, R-West Olive, said would send about $4 million to Ottawa County, which he represents.

"If you like orange barrels you're going to see a lot of them this summer and particularly in the local communities," Meekhof said.

The money comes on top of a road funding plan the legislature passed in 2015. That plan puts an extra $1.2 billion per year into roads when fully implemented in 2021, $600 million of it generated from gas tax and registration fee increases. But that funding, many have said, isn't a complete fix.

The $175 million cash infusion has met with praise from Republicans but been criticized by some Democrats who want to see the state do more.

"Republicans have held the gavel for seven years, but can only come up with a mere Band-Aid for a crisis that happened on their watch. Not to mention they're taxing folks more at the pump and on registrations while failing to fix the problem," said Senate Minority Leader Jim Ananich, D-Flint, in a statement after the bill's signing.

Denise Donohue, director of the County Roads Association of Michigan, said the $175 million would be helpful. And while the full $1.2 billion per year is a good first step, she said the state needs $2.7 billion per year to truly restore its road system.

"It's time to begin talking about phase two and that second step," she said, urging lawmakers to build on the 2015 road package.

But asked if he had plans to start working on another round of road funding, Snyder demurred.

"What I would say at this point, not immediately. In fact we're talking about other infrastructure issues," he said, pointing to work on water infrastructure.

He also said the state shouldn't be the only entity working to fix the roads. In 2011 Michigan was investing 3.6 billion into transportation, and in 2018 it will be 4.5 billion. He said federal investment in Michigan roads, meanwhile, has declined by $250 million during that time period.

"While we've been increasing resources one of the challenges we've faced is we've actually had our federal partners go backwards on this," Snyder said.

He pointed to several local jurisdictions in Michigan that have independently passed millages to fund road repairs in their areas.