At stake for Minnesota

Last update: November 7, 2007 - 6:46 PM

• $2 billion for navigation improvements along the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway

• $1.6 billion to restore ecosystems and protect against invasive species along the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway

• $341 million to build a second lock at Sault Ste. Marie

• $134 million for maintenance on the St. Lawrence Seaway

• $25 million for flood control project in Roseau

• $15 million for wastewater treatment facility in Willmar

• $14 million for water retention ponds for the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District

• $12 million for a central wastewater treatment plant for Buhl, Hibbing, Chisholm and Kinney

• $9 million for the Duluth Harbor navigation project

• $6 million to complete a wastewater plant for the Mille Lacs Reservation

• $5 million to upgrade wastewater treatment facilities in Grand Rapids

• $5 million for a dredge disposal facility in Two Harbors

• $3 million for filtration plant in Goodview

• $2 million to upgrade wastewater infrastructure in the Douglas County Lakes Area

• $1 million for recreational enhancements to the McQuade Road Safe Harbor

NINA PETERSEN-PERLMAN

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