Senator’s bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act paves the way for major upgrades in Pinal County – contains funding for all currently-authorized Indian Water Settlements, including Gila River Indian Community
CASA GRANDE – Arizona’s senior U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema hosted an infrastructure roundtable earlier this week with local Pinal County leaders to discuss the Sinema-led bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act—which makes historic and direct investments for communities in Pinal County. Sinema successfully secured a 69-30 bipartisan Senate majority of her historic, bipartisan infrastructure legislation.
“Our bipartisan legislation paves the way for major infrastructure upgrades in Pinal County, and local leaders serve as invaluable partners in ensuring our investments fuel jobs, expand economic opportunity, and empower Pinal County communities,” said Sinema.
Sinema’s bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act invests in the maintenance and sustainability of the I-10 freeway, as well as four Pinal County airports: Casa Grande Municipal, Coolidge Municipal, Eloy Municipal, and Ak-Chin Regional—each of which would receive nearly $800,000 over the next five years to repair and upgrade terminals, runways, taxiways, and air traffic control towers, in addition to eligibility for more in competitive grants.
Sinema’s historic infrastructure legislation would accomplish these goals without raising taxes on everyday Arizonans.
Roundtable participants included Casa Grande Mayor Craig McFarland, Eloy Mayor Micah Powell, Coolidge Mayor Jon Thompson, Maricopa Mayor Christian Price, Florence Mayor Tara Walter, Gila River Indian Community Governor Stephen Roe Lewis, among others.
The bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (full text available HERE) proposes the strongest investment in America’s critical infrastructure in more than a century without raising taxes on everyday Americans.
The legislation is the result of bipartisan negotiations led by U.S. Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Rob Portman (Ohio), with Senators from both parties and President Biden.
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