U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is in Washington state Thursday and Friday, visiting several large infrastructure projects, and he joined Seattle’s Morning News to talk about some of these projects.
is in Washington state Thursday and Friday, visiting several large infrastructure projects, and he joined Seattle’s Morning News to talk about some of these projects.
The funding will go to three projects, with $4.6 million going towards the construction of an electric charging facility at the Clinton Ferry Terminal, $5 million going to the redevelopment of the Southworth Ferry Terminal, and $1.7 million for upgrading credit card technologies across the Washington State Ferries system
On Friday morning, Buttigieg will visit Washougal to speak on infrastructure investments that are intended to improve safety, speed up emergency response times, and strengthen supply chains.The visit is part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s plan to highlight the new. Over 350 projects in Washington have been identified for funding. There are 416 bridges and over 5,469 miles of highway that have been identified as needing renovation.
The transportation secretary has been focused on the airline industry after a series of weather complications and system failures caused thousands of flights to be canceled last winter.
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