LANSING, Mich. — State Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Waucedah Township, said Wednesday numerous Upper Peninsula projects will benefit from funding in the recently approved fiscal year 2022 budget.

Senate Bill 82, the general omnibus budget bill approved by lawmakers this week, includes millions in state funding for flood repairs throughout the 38th District.

The Houghton Trail Flood Repair project is set to receive $4 million to complete necessary funding for the restoration of the highly popular trail system between Dollar Bay and Lake Linden damaged by the Fathers’ Day Flood of 2018.

The trail’s restoration will be important to recreational users, especially for snow machines and ATVs, as well as for area businesses that rely on tourists and users coming to the area to use the trail,” McBroom said.

The Houghton County Road Commission and the cities of Houghton and Hancock will receive $2.31 million, $320,200, and $235,000, respectively, to repay debts incurred for similar flood repair projects.

Additionally, $1.5 million was secured in the budget from the Permanent Snowmobile Trail Easement fund to acquire 87.2 miles of trails in Marquette and Baraga counties from Lyme Timber.

The plan also deposits $500 million in the state’s rainy-day fund and $150 million in the unemployment trust fund to increase its solvency due to fraudulent benefit payments.