The Biden administration will announce over $300 million in financing from its landmark infrastructure package for nine bridge projects around the nation on Thursday according to sources.
The infrastructure package, which was enacted by the United States Congress with bipartisan backing, is one of President Joe Biden’s significant legislative successes, and one that his administration is anxious to promote as he prepares to run for re-election.
While Biden is in Ireland, Vice President Kamala Harris, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and other administration officials will visit several of the bridge sites to negotiate financing for projects in eight states and Washington, D.C.
“These flyovers serve a combined 230,000 vehicles per day, and these investments will save taxpayers time and money by reducing congestion and making long-overdue improvements,” the White House said in a statement.
In November 2021, Biden signed the $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law, and his administration is striving to put it into action via programmes to repair bridges and roads and increase broadband internet access to more Americans.
