Senate debated infrastructure bill

How it could benefit Rochester

Mallet./// topping our news: the minnesota senate is considering passage of a one?

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The house approved the legislation last night following more than 6 months of deliberations.

Kimt new three's jessica bringe joins us live with what this could mean for long awaited projects in rochester.

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And that means rochester is closer to seeing improvements to the rochester international airport..

And three park projects.

Mayor kim norton says r?

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If passed the bill would result in nearly 80?

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There would also be improvements to cascade lake park..

Silver lake dam modifications and the willow creek regional trail project.

Despite the election just a few weeks away ?

"* nortn says this should be a bipartisan effort that will benefit the state as a whole by creating thousands of it's of statewide importance just in its contents but it's also important because there are jobs.

Those jobs are going to be more important than ever coming out of the recession so i'm optimistic that by the end of the day we'll have a senate vote and we'll have this signed by the governor.

The house approved the bill late last night with a final vote of 100 to 34..

Live in rochester thank you jessica.

You can trust kimt news 3 to continue following the bonding bill approval process and bring you the latest on the vote.