"Officials in Mills County have been working to secure the necessary support to build this bridge for a long time. I'm glad that the Department of Transportation is now releasing these funds to get this project going," Grassley said.
Grassley has long been a supporter of the project and helped secure this funding in the fiscal 2002 transportation appropriations bill signed into law last year. In addition, Grassley has contacted the chairman on the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee to request an additional $2 million for this project in fiscal 2003.