Just in case anyone doubted that our roads were crumbling, it's official. The Michigan Asset Management Council's annual report for 2008 indicates that 32 percent of Michigan's major roads -- those eligible for federal aid -- are in poor condition. That's up from 26 percent a year earlier. The report, out this week, also looked at the 10,600 miles of local roads in Michigan for the first time and found a grim picture: 43 percent of them are in poor condition. The price tag for restoring the roads would be $7.2 billion, double what it would have cost five years ago, the council said. This reinforces the case for lawmakers to act on a reasonable gasoline tax increase to fix roads faster.