Rural drinking water projects get $43 million federal boost
Investment builds on $733 million previously announced for rural water projects from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
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Indiana University to build $110 million athletics center
University will use $89 million in state appropriations to fund the project, taken from the state’s biennial budget
$60 million awarded to roll out vehicle technology to make roads safer
Program will help advance technologies that allow vehicles to ‘talk’ to each other and gather information from sources near the road
Santa Barbara, California, to replace reservoir, improve water safety
10-million-gallon Vic Trace Drinking Water Reservoir was built in 1952 and is now reaching the end of its useful life
FHWA releases $108 million to improve safety on tribal roadways
Transportation improvements will help mitigate roadway fatalities and serious injuries on federal and tribal lands.
Connecticut announces $300 million for water infrastructure, state parks
Bulk of funds will flow to a state fund designed to provide financial support to municipalities in building wastewater plants and upgrading water systems
Texas to spend $127 million to reconstruct major roadway
Project part of a larger initiative to develop Houston suburb's principal commercial corridors
USDA invests $66 million for forest, conservation projects
Most of the award will be distributed through the Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership, which works with private, state and Tribal landowners to conserve forests and agricultural lands
Atlanta reconnecting southside with 31-mile trail network
Plans include building trails and investing in greenspace to reduce air and noise pollution, heat island impacts and flooding
Michigan invests $65 million into water, wastewater infrastructure
Projects include building water storage tanks, repairing sewer mains, upgrading wastewater plants and identifying lead service lines for replacement
