Secretary Buttigieg’s Engagements:

Week of August 12, 2024 – August 16, 2024

This week, Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited Nevada to continue the department’s Summer Construction Tour and commemorate the investments made possible by the Biden-Harris Administration's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Secretary Buttigieg began his tour in Las Vegas, where he joined workers and community leaders to break ground on the Maryland Parkway Bus Rapid Transit project, which will expand transit service across one of Nevada’s most active corridors. While in Las Vegas, Secretary Buttigieg addressed the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers and the Operative Plasterers’ and Cement Masons’ International Association about the job growth through infrastructure projects supported by the Investing in America agenda.

Later, the Secretary went to Northern Nevada to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Arlington Avenue Bridge Replacement project in Reno. To close his visit, Secretary Buttigieg joined state and local leaders from California and Nevada at the 28th annual Lake Tahoe Summit. There, he highlighted the Biden-Harris Administration’s investments in transportation that are reducing carbon pollution and making communities across the country, including Lake Tahoe, more resilient in the face of extreme weather.

During the week, he also had conversations with many federal officials, elected leaders, and stakeholders from across the country as well as participating in several internal meetings about USDOT programs and operations.

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