Update: $16 million coming to our area

I want to let you know about some exciting news from Washington: $16 million dollars is headed to our district to help local communities fund projects and priorities that will shape the area for years to come.

In the Spring of 2021, I asked local leaders to submit proposals for priority projects that would benefit residents and businesses in communities across our district. We received more than 50 submissions, finally selecting the maximum of 10 to advocate for in Congress.

Over the past year, I stayed in close touch with those leaders, visited many of the project sites, and took what I saw and heard back to Washington.

This money was going out, the only question was its destination. It could have headed to a three-letter agency or been part of a big department budget, but I fought for it to be returned back to folks here at home.

I’m thrilled to say that both the fight and the wait were well worth the effort! Recently, we received word that all 10 of our projects are going to receive direct federal funding.

Here’s a list of the projects that will receive funding in the coming months:

Ingham County: 

• Lansing Police Department: $1.3 million to support a Crisis Assessment Team
• Lansing Community College: $400,000 for the Mobile Healthcare Learning Initiative Project
• Williamston: $3 million to replace the oldest, least reliable water mains
• Mason: $3.5 million to expand and improve the wastewater treatment plant

Livingston County: 

• Brighton Area Fire Authority: $1.3 million toward a new Fire Authority headquarters
• Village of Fowlerville: $3.5 million for a water treatment/radium removal plant
• Village of Pinckney/Putnam Township: $2 million to construct a safe crossing along M-36 for school students and a connector for the Lakelands Trail.

Oakland County:

• North Oakland County Fire Authority: $500,000 for the purchase of new ambulances
• City of Rochester: $797,000 for the Memorial Grove All Abilities Playground
• Addison Township: $500,000 for a new library building

All of these projects had broad community support, and many of them had been seeking funding for years. This is money that will truly make our district safer, healthier, and an even better place to live, and it was my privilege to fight to secure it.

And the good news keeps coming – we will soon be accepting submissions for the next round of these “Community Funding Projects,” so stay tuned!

– Rep. Elissa Slotkin