LANSING, MI -- The political figures and setting were familiar, but Gov. Rick Snyder delivered a state of the state address completely out of step with his previous addresses Tuesday night, focusing not on accomplishments but rather failure over the Flint water crisis.

The impetus of the crisis was in April of 2014, when the city of Flint switched water sources. The new water source lead to corroding pipes and a corresponding increase in the blood lead levels of the city's children.

Snyder pointed to the problem as a failure at all levels of government, and apologized to Flint residents.

"I'm sorry most of all that I let you down. You deserve better. You deserve accountability. You deserve to know the buck stops here with me," Snyder said.

He laid out plans to address the infrastructure problem broadly, including implementing lead testing in Michigan schools and requiring the Michigan Department of Transportation to confer with locals and consider replacing aging pipes. He will establish the Commission for Building 21st Century Infrastructure on this subject, and expects a report from them by Sept. 2016.

He praised the legislature for coming up with a long-term road funding solution but said the infrastructure underground was a growing problem.

"But more than roads, we have a hidden problem... underground, some pipes are over 100 years old. Some are made of wood. Others are made of lead," Snyder said.

Some of the things he called for are included in a request for $22 million in additional state funding this fiscal year that the State Budget Office submitted to the House and Senate appropriations chairmen.

He spent the bulk of the speech on Flint water but also addressed plans for the Detroit Public Schools, which could essentially run out of money in April without a legislative fix. Legislation was introduced in Lansing last week, and he called for "prompt legislative action" on the issue.

He also announced plans to create a Commission for 21st Century Education to investigate what obstacles are holding the state back and determine how to build the state's educational future. The commission will deliver results by the end of November, 2016.

The Governor built off a plan he unveiled in 2015 that would essentially split the district in two, with one half focusing on educating children and the other half existing solely to pay down the district's debt by continuing to collect property taxes.

He also touched on autonomous vehicles, the state's economy and the intersection of those two areas.

"If we did what we did in the past we could lose the auto industry out of our state," Snyder said.

He said that the auto industry was evolving into the mobility industry, and Michigan had to work to support that. What we think of as cars may soon be essentially a computer on wheels, Snyder said.

"It will be about how people travel, not just about the vehicle they travel in," he said.

Snyder acknowledged that the speech was "different" than his previous addresses, where he's typically focused on the past year's successes. The speech struck a somber tone, and at its conclusion he promised to devote the next three years of his administration to making things right in Flint.

In return, he asked for one thing: prayers for the people of Flint.

Emily Lawler is a Capitol reporter on MLive's statewide Impact Team. You can reach her at elawler@mlive.com, subscribe to her on Facebook or follow her on Twitter: @emilyjanelawler.