Gov Whitmer to Sign Building Michigan Together Plan Including $250 Million for Broadband

Gov Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) celebrated the Building Michigan Together Plan, a bipartisan plan to invest nearly $5 billion in Michigan’s infrastructure, grow the economy, create jobs, and benefit families in every region of the state. The Building Michigan Together Plan will connect more households and small businesses to fast, reliable high-speed internet through $250 million in funding to improve access and adoption of broadband – helping ensure all Michigan residents and businesses can compete in a 21st-century economy. Michigan has set a state goal to provide 100 percent access to high-speed internet and 95 percent adoption by households during the next five years. The state has leveraged over $700 million in federal funding to expand high-speed internet and access to internet-capable devices for Michigan families “The Building Michigan Together Plan makes bold, bipartisan investments in the kitchen-table issues that matter most to Michigan families, including clean water, smooth roads, fast internet, and beautiful parks,” said Whitmer. “This supplemental uses one-time resources to make long-term strategic investments in the state’s infrastructure to improve the lives of Michiganders today and well into the future,” said State Budget Director Christopher Harkins. “I look forward to continuing to build on this success and working with our legislative partners to enact a budget that will benefit all residents of our great state.”