President Biden requests another $310 million for Tijuana sewage crisis

Driving the news: Biden's request still requires congressional approval, and it would add to $400 million the federal government has already allocated to improving and repairing the plant.

Flashback: San Diego's congressional delegation last year requested $310 million for plant fixes, from which it received $100 million in this year's $1.2 trillion federal appropriation bill.

• In May, officials requested another nearly $300 million for the plan.
• That's all on top of a $300 million allocation from years ago that was held up in bureaucratic limbo and became the subject of official finger pointing. Officials

Catch up quick: The cross-border agency in charge of the plant said in August it was beginning to repair the plant and simultaneously designing an expansion of its treatment capacity — but those fixes could take seven years (assuming they receive the needed funding), as Voice of San Diego reported.