The US Department of Agriculture is detailing rural infrastructure projects that are included in the recently passed Bi-Partisan Infrastructure Law. Among them is a big project in Buchanan:
The City of Buchan an, in Berrien County, will use $18,197,000 in loans for water and sewer system improvements. The project will replace the 18-inch interceptor sewer with 21-inch; separate combined sanitary and storm sewer lines, remove and replace sanitary sewer on four streets and remove and upsize a lift station force main. It also will increase wastewater treatment plant capacity, allowing the city to grow and accommodate future flows. In addition, the city will construct a new well, build a water treatment plant for iron removal, and replace and upgrade nearly three miles of water main.
The Buchanan project is part of $95 Million headed for rural Michigan in the Infrastructure plan.
“When we invest in rural infrastructure, we invest in the livelihoods and health of people in rural America,” US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said. “Under the leadership of President Biden and Vice President Harris, USDA is committed to Building a Better America by investing in America’s rural infrastructure, expanding access to broadband, clean drinking water and resilient power infrastructure. The investments we are announcing today will drive the creation of good-paying union jobs and grow the economy sustainably and equitably so that everyone gets ahead for decades to come.”
