MACKINAC ISLAND, MI-- Michigan is committing millions of dollars toward upgrading the Soo Locks.
Governor Rick Snyder says state leadership identified roughly $50 million in infrastructure funding to commit to the project.
The locks are managed by the federal government. The Army Corps of Engineers estimates an upgrade would cost nearly a billion dollars.
In urging support for the project last month, President Trump said large-scale infrastructure projects that leverage non-federal investments will move to the top of the priority list.
Congress authorized a lock rebuild in 1986 but never appropriated the funding needed to execute the upgrade.
