So what is “critical infrastructure to combat climate change” ? I could think a lot of things such a broad mandated waste of $$$$ could be spent on. One of the last places I would think would be in paving parking lots

But $$$$ to be sent to Pennsylvania is going to be used for such projects.

USDA Invests $740K in Grants for Critical Infrastructure to Combat Climate Change in Rural Pennsylvania | Rural Development

The bulk of the $740 grand ($500 grand ) will go to repave 4 parking lots .

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) State Director Bob Morgan today announced USDA Rural Development is investing more than $740,000 in grants to support critical infrastructure and to combat climate change in rural Pennsylvania.

The Town of Bloomsburg in Columbia County received a $500,000 grant to repave four parking lots in the town. The aging infrastructure needs major repairs. Improvements of these lots will impact more than 30 businesses that are within a block radius of the proposed project...



​The cynic could call this a form of corporate welfare as it admittedly benefits businesses around the parking spaces. That sounds like a goal that should be handled at the local level. To me it provides further proof that the misnamed 'Inflation Reduction Act 'is an election year gimmee fraud .