{"id":8254,"date":"2021-11-09T14:35:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T14:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/?post_type=news&amp;p=8254"},"modified":"2021-11-09T14:35:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T14:35:36","slug":"congress-passes-biden-infrastructure-plan","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/news\/congress-passes-biden-infrastructure-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress Passes Biden Infrastructure Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Advocacy News &#8211; November 9, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In an unusual late-night session Friday, Congress passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package, now headed to President Biden for his signature. The sweeping legislation will allocate federal funding for a broad array of infrastructure projects, from bridges and roads to water and broadband. All in all, the passage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/08\/02\/updated-fact-sheet-bipartisan-infrastructure-investment-and-jobs-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act<\/a> translates to over $10 billion that will soon be on its way to Michigan coffers.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the more specific <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgemi.com\/michigan-government\/how-12-trillion-biden-infrastructure-bill-will-be-spent-michigan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breakdowns<\/a> of program funding include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$7.3 billion to fix state roads and $563 million for bridge replacement or repairs.<\/li>\n<li>$1 billion to improve public transportation across the state.<\/li>\n<li>$1.3 billion to improve water infrastructure to address Michigan\u2019s 500,000 lead service lines, as well as some 11,000 sites affected by PFAS.<\/li>\n<li>$100 million to expand high-speed internet access to an additional\u00a0398,000\u00a0Michiganders.<\/li>\n<li>$110 million to\u00a0boost\u00a0the state\u2019s electric vehicle charging infrastructure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With the Michigan Legislature and Whitmer administration still at odds over how to spend billions in COVID-19 relief dollars, it is unclear as to when and how this new influx of federal infrastructure funding will be spent.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more, please reach out to Mike Alaimo at <a href=\"mailto:malaimo@michamber.com\">malaimo@michamber.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advocacy News &#8211; November 9, 2021 In an unusual late-night session Friday, Congress passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package, now headed to President Biden for his signature. The sweeping legislation will allocate federal funding for a broad array of infrastructure projects, from bridges and roads to water and broadband. All in all, the passage of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/8254"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/8254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14309,"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/8254\/revisions\/14309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}