Whitmer signs a 4.7 billion plan to fix infrastructure.
Written by Jesse Baroka on March 31, 2022
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Fixing dams and roads in Michigan is the goal under a newly signed infrastructure spending plan. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the more than $4.7 billion plan Wednesday in Grand Rapids. It includes about $4 billion from federal funds and will be used to improve drinking water infrastructure, create and maintain parks, and to fix roads, bridges and dams. The spending plan includes more than $2 billion to be invested in clean drinking water, wastewater and other water infrastructure projects.