Derrick is committed to ensuring that western Wisconsin has access to safe, clean drinking water, well-maintained roads and bridges, and reliable rural broadband.
Derrick Van Orden is committed to ensuring that western Wisconsin has access to safe, clean drinking water, well-maintained roads and bridges, and reliable rural broadband.
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Under Transportation and Infrastructure, the campaign site says Van Orden is committed to ensuring western Wisconsin has access to safe, clean drinking water, well-maintained roads and bridges, and reliable rural broadband.
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The House press release says Van Orden joined the introduction of the Protecting Infrastructure Investments for Rural America Act, which would remove barriers for rural communities to apply for and receive funding under the Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program and expand eligibility for road, bridge, highway, and tunnel projects.
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USDA Rural Development announced nearly $40 million for the Town of Campbell to install a new water utility system, including a $30,835,000 loan and an $8,540,000 grant through the Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program.
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NTIA said Wisconsin’s initial BEAD proposal was approved, allowing the state to request access to over $1 billion for broadband deployment and begin implementation of the program.
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DOT says the Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program funds projects to improve and expand surface transportation infrastructure in rural areas, including highway, bridge, tunnel, and highway safety projects.
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The House Appropriations report lists Wisconsin projects requested by Van Orden: $2,250,000 for the City of Altoona for Water System Improvements through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, and $1,250,000 for the City of Prairie du Chien for Wastewater Treatment Facility Upgrades through the Clean Water State Revolving Fund.
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Van Orden announced more than $22 million secured through his Community Project Funding requests, including water/sewer projects in Cuba City and Viola, Monroe County/Sparta CTH ET Multimodal & Freight Corridor improvements, Mount Ida road safety upgrades, Prairie du Chien wastewater upgrades, and Altoona Hillcrest Water System replacement.
Assessments
Van Orden materially advanced parts of the promise during his House term by requesting and announcing Community Project Funding for water, sewer, and road projects in Wisconsin's 3rd District, and by joining legislation aimed at improving rural infrastructure grant access. However, the evidence does not show broad fulfillment of the full commitment across western Wisconsin, especially reliable rural broadband, and some broadband progress appears to come from state/federal programs not clearly attributable to him. This supports partial same-term delivery rather than full delivery.
Van Orden made some concrete same-term effort on the roads-and-bridges portion by joining rural infrastructure legislation, and western Wisconsin saw federal water and broadband funding moves during his term. But the evidence does not show that he personally delivered the broad promise of ensuring safe drinking water, well-maintained roads and bridges, and reliable rural broadband across western Wisconsin, so this is only partial credit rather than full delivery.
Van Orden made a broad infrastructure access promise covering clean drinking water, roads and bridges, and rural broadband for western Wisconsin. The record shows partial progress during his House term: federal water infrastructure funding in Wisconsin, Wisconsin's BEAD broadband proposal approval, and Van Orden's concrete legislative action as a co-introducer of the Protecting Infrastructure Investments for Rural America Act for rural road and bridge funding access. However, the evidence does not show that western Wisconsin broadly obtained safe drinking water, well-maintained roads and bridges, and reliable rural broadband as a completed outcome, nor that Van Orden personally delivered all three components. Because he made a serious legislative effort on part of the promise but the full promised outcome is not shown as delivered, partial is appropriate with an effort badge.
The promise bundled several infrastructure outcomes: safe drinking water, roads and bridges, and rural broadband for western Wisconsin. The evidence shows concrete same-term progress and effort, including Van Orden joining bipartisan legislation to improve rural transportation funding access, USDA funding for a Wisconsin water utility project, and Wisconsin moving forward with more than $1 billion in BEAD broadband deployment funding. However, the record does not show that western Wisconsin broadly obtained safe drinking water, well-maintained roads and bridges, and reliable rural broadband, nor that Van Orden personally delivered all three outcomes. Because there was meaningful progress and a serious legislative attempt but not full fulfillment, the best rating is partial with an effort badge.