Infrastructure

Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist says billions of dollars from the act have already gone toward road and bridge repairs, water infrastructure, and public transportation.

Michigan is one of nine states slated for upgraded and new power transmission lines.

Major themes of Mueller’s speech included public safety, housing, the economy and investments in infrastructure.

Indiana is releasing more infrastructure funds this week – $107 million aimed towards local road projects. In this round of Community Crossings grants, 224 locales will share the funding.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg toured Tell City in Southern Indiana on Wednesday to highlight federal infrastructure funding in the region.

Clean drinking water, safer dams, and state parks and greenways are all part of a multi-billion-dollar spending bill Michigan’s governor signed into law Wednesday.

A $4.8 billion budget bill that includes spending on water cleanup, infrastructure, and expanded broadband internet is on its way to Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

A new bill is targeting trespassers on bridges, tunnels and other Michigan structures. Penalties would include a $2,500 fine and up to four years in jail.

Transportation and infrastructure will play a central role in Governor Michigan Gretchen Whitmer’s budget proposal. The plan will include a $1 billion funding boost for roads, bridges, dams and other infrastructure.

Michigan will get about $10 billion from the bipartisan federal infrastructure package. As part of the weekly series MichMash, Jake Neher and Cheyna Roth…