Nearly $51 million in federal coronavirus funds will be used to fix roads, bridges, and drainage infrastructure across Lafayette Parish if Mayor-President Josh Guillory gets his way. Guillory released his plan for spending nearly $85 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds during Tuesday's special joint meeting of the Lafayette city and parish councils. The members of the councils voted to introduce the proposed ARPA budget and defer a final vote on the ordinance until August 17. This gives council members, who received the plan minutes before the meeting began, an extra two weeks to review the plan before they make a final vote.