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Senate passes $700M-plus bonding bill for roads, water, public safety and mental-health facility
Summary
House File 18, the bonding bill, passed the Senate with broad bipartisan support. The bill directs more than $290 million to roads and bridges, significant water and wastewater funding, and funds a regional BCA headquarters and a 50-bed mental-health treatment expansion in Anoka.
The Minnesota Senate approved House File 18, the capital investment (bonding) bill, sending more than $700 million in construction and infrastructure funding to projects across the state and unlocking additional federal matching funds.
Senator Pappas, the bill’s author in the Senate, highlighted allocations for asset preservation, water and roads, and public-housing rehabilitation. She pointed to two large projects: a new Bureau of Criminal Apprehension regional building in Mankato to serve southern Minnesota and a new 50-bed mental-health facility in Anoka that…
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