Infrastructure

Seven selected Michigan communities are receiving loans and grants to help repair and restore their water and sewer systems.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited mid-Michigan Friday.

A new water tower went up in Cheboygan recently, but it's just one part of a roughly $30 million project to overhaul the city's outdated drinking water system.

Oklahoma-based engineer, Craig Brownlee would now oversee the installment of a new four-mile section of Line 5 in a tunnel under the Mackinac Straits lakebed.

Two companies have been selected to construct the Line 5 tunnel in the Straits of Mackinac.

Citizens, businesses and internet providers have until midnight on Tuesday April 30 to file challenges to the state's broadband coverage map. The state has received over $1.5 billion from the federal government to expand high-speed internet access.

The City of Mackinac Island is receiving nearly $40 million in state funding to upgrade to the island's wastewater treatment plant.

The state has been allocated $23 million dollars from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to build more electric vehicle charging stations in 41 communities.

The restoration of the city's historic bridge is estimated to cost $2.3 million. State transportation officials say focus of the repairs will be increasing safety and extending the life of the bridge.

Roughly $18 million of federal funds are being awarded to Michigan school districts to increase the number of electric buses on the streets.