One of the most significant achievements of the Biden-Harris administration is one that most Americans don’t know: The administration has radically transformed US infrastructure, and on Monday it announced an additional 4.2 billion dollars in infrastructure grants to finance 44 projects across the country. it aims to improve safety, quality of life, support supply chains, and create good-paying jobs.
“I think it’s important to think about all the consequences of the failure of investment that we have seen over the years. This has resulted in everything from infrequent and unreliable bus services to limited passenger rail options to ports and airports that cannot meet the demand for diversions. because the bridge is limited by weight and, of course, the road is broken. Overcoming that, finally addressing that, is part of why is President Biden’s infrastructure legislation a big deal, so I like to call it that issue, because I think it rivals the New Deal in its impact,“Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said in a phone call Monday with PoliticusUSA reporters.
“We have more than 63,000 projects just on the infrastructure side, in every state in the US, and some of them are very specific, narrow scope and intersections are reorganized as sidewalks that connect parts of the city that used to be disconnected,” Buttigieg said. “This is a job that could create hundreds of thousands of good jobs, many of which are available, whether you have a college degree or not.”
Indeed, these projects not only increase security, but provide well-paid jobs. But many Americans, including many who have these jobs, don’t understand the connection.
I question the fact that so many Americans are unaware of this ongoing achievement, which will end in 2026 if not supported by the next president. increased wages associated with the job due to working on infrastructure projects.
The analyst stressed that it is difficult to separate the good salary increase due to the Infrastructure Bill from other Biden achievements. administration, like the Inflation Reduction Act, noted that some people work in some car factories and chip factories created through the work of the Biden-Harris administration.
The analyst said that the current media environment may mean that good news is not news, a potential reason why many Americans do not know about the relationship, because it is important for the community to know the benefits that will come from Biden’s infrastructure push – and know that it will rise in 2026, when our leaders will decide what the future infrastructure authority will look like.
The community must understand the benefits that will come to them which are the benefits of having new roads, highways, bridges and ports and also benefit from the projects that are under construction.
Some of the main projects include:
– $147 million to rebuild a critical intersection on Grand Avenue above the freight tracks in Phoenix, Arizona. This will improve safety for drivers and pedestrians and reduce delays.
– $217 million to expand the capacity of the South Port Terminal at the Port of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. This will support additional roll-on, roll-off cargo at the port, which is already the most efficient automated facility on the East Coast.
– Over $86 million to modernize the I-20 freight corridor in Mississippi with highway resurfacing and bridge infrastructure repairs.
– $66 million to replace the US 1 bridge in Florida, widen the highway shoulder, add bike and pedestrian lanes, and extend the life of the bridge.
– $90 million to improve a 3-mile elevated rail corridor on Chicago’s south side, eliminating nearly 20,000 hours of delays for commuters.
Former president Donald Trump talked about “Infrastructure Week” for almost every term, but it never really happened. It will take President Joe Biden, whose long career has given him plenty of passion and a keen mind to negotiate (a real deal maker, if you will), to make the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act happen.
In a few weeks, it will be the three-year anniversary of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Act. America would celebrate, if only they knew about it.
The Big Deal is an apt name for one of the President’s signature accomplishments, especially given his “That’s BFD” comment to President Obama on the passage of the Affordable Care Act in March 2010.
The Big Deal is really BFD. Things like this in a micro and macro way, because it shows that the US can have a good government if the people vote for it. Cynicism is sold to you by those who benefit from you believing that good things are inevitable and that we should not interfere.
Want to be away. Make sure you choose accordingly.
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