Cities and other municipalities are sitting on millions of dollars from the federal government from the American Rescue Plan.

But those dollars aren’t always proving easy to spend. Some local governments are asking for different ways to spend those dollars and US Senator Dick Durbin says he’s up to listening to perhaps changing where dollars can be spent, but he notes they can’t be used for just anything.

Many communities are using the funds for infrastructure spending; including sewer and water pipe repairs and increasing access to broadband.