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U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Announces $5 Billion for Repairing 13 Nationally Significant Large Bridges Across the Country in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, PA. – Today, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced $5 billion in Large Bridge Project awards through the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) competitive Bridge Investment Program, part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.U.S. Deputy Transportation Secretary Polly Trottenberg Delivers Remarks Celebrating $11 Billion Investment in Hudson Tunnel Project – New York, NY
NEW YORK, NY. – Today, U.S. Deputy Transportation Secretary Polly Trottenberg joined state and local leaders from New York and New Jersey to celebrate the announcement of $11 billion, a mix of grants and financing, from the Biden-Harris Administration for the Hudson Tunnel Project, which will...U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Delivers Remarks at Groundbreaking for Salem Parkway Multi-Use Trail Project – Winston-Salem, North Carolina
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Today, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joined Governor Roy Cooper for the groundbreaking for the Salem Parkway Multi-Use Trail project in Winston-Salem. This project, funded in part by $1.6 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will link...U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Delivers Remarks at Groundbreaking in North Carolina for New Passenger Rail Route Connecting Raleigh and Richmond
RALEIGH, N.C. – Today, seven months after first announcing the funding award, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joined Governor Roy Cooper for the groundbreaking for the Durant Rail Grade Separation project. This investment in North Carolina’s passenger rail infrastructure, made possible...U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Announces $1.8 Billion in Infrastructure Grants Headed to Communities Across the Country in Virtual News Conference
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Natalie Quillian held a virtual news conference to announce $1.8 billion in awards from the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant program for 148...U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Delivers Remarks on RAISE Grant for Rebuilding Medgar Evers Boulevard in Jackson, Mississippi
JACKSON – Last week, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joined Congressman Bennie Thompson, Chairman of the Mississippi Transportation Commission Willie Simmons, and Reena Evers-Everette for a groundbreaking ceremony and press conference to celebrate the start of construction on the $20...Transcript of U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Remarks at Announcement of Safe Train Crew Size Final Rule - Washington, DC
Well, Thanks very much, David. I'll be more popular at home with my two-year-old son, now that he knows that I've been standing with firefighters today. And I want to recognize so many of the workers who are represented here, who have been fighting for safe crew sizes for some time. ...
Transcript of U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Remarks at Reconnecting Communities Award - Birmingham, Alabama
Thank you. Good morning. Thank you for joining us. What a pleasure to be back. Thank you very much to your extraordinary Congresswoman Terri Sewell, who is – I think you already know this, but she lives and breathes her Alabama communities, and she never lets us forget...
TRANSCRIPT: Press Briefing by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, and Deputy Commandant for Operations for the U.S. Coast Guard Vice Admiral Peter Gautier
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joined White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and U.S. Coast Guard Vice Admiral Peter Gautier for a press briefing on the response to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, after a cargo ship hit the...