Feds to infuse $1 billion into local Great Lakes waterways restoration
February 21, 2022
Federal and local officials said clean Lake Michigan and Grand Calumet River waters are worth the $1 billion.
That is the amount President Joe Biden and a bipartisan U.S. Congress voted is pouring into the restoration of water ways contaminated by a century of industrial pollution.
“It’s a proud day for Northwest Indiana,” U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan said at Friday's press conference at the Gary/Chicago International Airport.