Michigan will receive more than $11 billion from a bipartisan infrastructure bill.
The money will go to everything from public transport to improving airports across the state.
“It now provides billions of dollars to accelerate and increase the amount of work that we can do, the amount of work that we can do, as well as ensure that we are more responsive with the state.” be more equal, said Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist.
Gilchrist also earmarked more than $7 billion for highway and bridge repairs, and one hundred and ten million dollars toward an electric vehicle charging network.
But distributing the money requires teamwork across the aisle.
“The Michigan legislature can ensure that these funds are appropriated by the federal government as soon as they are released,” Gilchrist said. “We look forward to working with them to solve the challenge that exists for everyone in Michigan, and it is our infrastructure that needs to be modernised.”
Representative Dan Kildee said rural residents would benefit from $100 million to provide Internet access to about four million residents.
“Access to the Internet has been a real limitation and we have seen it during the pandemic,” Kildee said. “You know, kids trying to do their homework have to go to a McDonald’s parking lot to use Wi-Fi. That’s unacceptable.”
More than a billion dollars will help protect the Great Lakes and combat climate change.
“Part of efficiency in the market is producing high quality products. The supply chain affects this,” Kildi said. “When we have obsolete infrastructure, raw materials are more difficult to obtain, and Then, once completed, it is more difficult to get those products to market.
The money in the bill will be rolled out and spent over a period of eight years.
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