A new plan to invest in Michigan’s infrastructure is the largest in the state’s history, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s office said Wednesday.
The $5 billion Building Michigan Together Plan aims to improve transportation, water, and high-speed internet infrastructures across the state and will build on the progress achieved since Whitmer took office.
“The bipartisan Building Michigan Together Plan includes some of the largest investments in our infrastructure in Michigan history. With this plan, we’re building on our work to improve our roads, water, and high-speed internet. I’m particularly proud of the fact that this plan makes the single largest investment in Michigan history in our state and local parks, empowering hundreds of local economies,” Whitmer said. “I am grateful to our congressional delegation for sending us these resources and proud that the Michigan Legislature and I were able to come together to get this done and ensure our infrastructure is reliable for generations to come.
According to the governor’s office, the plan calls for an investment of $645 million in Michigan’s transportation infrastructure, including $317 million for road and bridge programs at the state and local levels, $66 million to make state transportation infrastructure more resilient to flooding, $98 million for airport infrastructure improvement grants, and $66 million to improve public transportation.
“Fixing the damn roads isn’t just a catchphrase for Governor Whitmer, and she’s proved that today by signing the ‘Building Michigan Together Plan’ into law,” said U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Michigan). “This bipartisan plan will take once-in-a-generation federal funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and invest it in rebuilding our infrastructure, growing our economy, and creating good-paying jobs in Michigan’s 12th district and across our great state. Michigan is setting an example to the nation that when we work together, we can solve real problems hardworking Americans face, and I look forward to seeing the results of this transformative investment.”