Duluth gets projects from Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty. Pawlenty did what he said he would with the bonding bill, he did not veto it. He did however trim it down. That said, many Duluth projects stayed in the bonding bill.
Governor Pawlenty trimmed $319 million from a $1 billion bonding bill. Duluth is one of the cities that is left with many projects, however Duluth will get money for three projects.
Lake Superior College will be adding a Health Sciences building. The Duluth International Airport will receive funding for a new airport terminal, and money is allocated to help fix Duluth's wastewater control issues. Included is money to build two new sewage overflow tanks to prevent raw sewage from entering Lake Superior.
The projects come at no small cost to the state. The LSC building will receive $12.1 million, the airport project will receive $11.7 million and money for the wastewater control project is $27 million.
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Slight correction to the posting: In actuality, the $27 million in the bonding bill is the total amount allocated to the Wastewater Infrastructure Fund (WIF) to fund ALL priority wastewater projects in the state. The two overflow storage facilities (one planned by the City of Duluth and one by WLSSD) are high on the priority list and are likely to receive partial funding. If they are, the City of Duluth will receive approx. $8 million and WLSSD will receive $2.1 million. The remainder of the WIF funds will be provided to other projects in the state.
Karen:
Thank you for the information.
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