Cherokee Phoenix
BY ROBERT VIAMONTES Gaylord News
December 7, 2021
WASHINGTON – Mayors and tribes across Oklahoma have lists miles long of projects they hope to fund with some of the more than $5 billion that has been unlocked for Oklahoma by the federal Infrastructure Bill.
The $1.2 trillion infrastructure package signed into law on Nov. 16 authorizes spending to fix crumbling roads and bridges, expand broadband, and fund clean energy, transit, and other public works over five years. Native American and Alaskan tribes will receive $11 billion from the package, from which $3.5 billion will go to the Indian Health Service agency.
The state and municipalities will receive about $4.6 billion for roads and bridges, $520 million for water infrastructure projects, nearly $500 million for airport and public transportation and more than $100 million to improve internet access for the 1.12 million low-income Oklahomans, according to the White House.
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