Flint is closer to getting 120 million dollars to upgrade its water system as part of an infrastructure budget bill adopted by the state House.
The House agreed to spend 100 million dollars from the EPA and kick in another 20 million from the state. The money will be used to replace lead service lines and water mains and improve the city’s water treatment plant.
State Representative Sheldon Neeley is from Flint. He says it’s true the city’s water now meets federal safe drinking water standards, but people don’t trust the water is safe.
“Would you drink out of the tap in the city of Flint? Would you wash your hands, or would you bathe?”
The bill now goes to the state Senate. The measure also includes three million dollars to help Macomb County manage sewage overflows in the aftermath of a sinkhole that’s displaced two dozen families.