(KLZA)-- U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced she secured over $60 million in funding to support critical infrastructure projects and firefighting capabilities across Nebraska.

Funding secured for the projects includes:

$600,000 to relocate the Midfield Connector Taxiway at Brenner Field Airport in Falls City.

$3.4 million to complete the parallel taxiway and improve the lighting system at the Nebraska City Airport

$1.8 million to replace Plattsmouth’s aerial ladder fire truck

$1.3 million to upgrade Friend’s fire hall facilities

$4.7 million to pave a 4-mile stretch of Hickory Road in Gage County

$4 million to road improvements for Fairbury Highway 136

$880,000 to pave the Adams Bypass

The funding was included in the Fiscal Year 2026 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Act – passed by Congress – which now heads to the President’s desk to be signed into law.