Plaskett Details $220 Million in Funding For the USVI From Passage of Infrastructure Bill

Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett has detailed the benefits to the U.S. Virgin Islands from President Joe Biden's $1 trillion infrastructure bill that passed Congress late Friday. The total sum of $220 million will support multiple local infrastructure initiatives. Ms. Plaskett has been working tirelessly in Washington using her influence to ascertain that the territory is well represented in important legislation. “The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is the largest long-term investment in U.S. infrastructure in almost 100 years," she said in a statement. "As we know, the infrastructure in the Virgin Islands has suffered from a systemic lack of investment that has been further exacerbated by the storms of 2017. This historic act will make life better for thousands of residents in the Virgin Islands, create a generation of good-paying union jobs and economic growth. According to Ms. Plaskett, the following provisions are included for the Virgin Islands: Through the T...