Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited Philadelphia to promote federal infrastructure spending as he toured the MLK, Jr. Drive Bridge's rehabilitation.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited Philly to check-in on MLK Jr. Drive’s $20M bridge rehab
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg greets workers at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive Bridge over the Schuylkill on Tuesday to see the status of a $20 million infrastructure bill project.U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg visited Philadelphia on Tuesday as the White House looks to highlight federal infrastructure spending under President Joe Biden ahead of November’s election.
The project is slated to be finished in summer 2025, but construction is ahead of schedule, making a spring 2025 completion a possibility, said The bridge, which was built in 1966, closed down to vehicular traffic due to its poor condition in 2021. The cityWhile it was still open to traffic, the bridge previously had a five-foot sidewalk for pedestrians. The new configuration will slightly widen the bridge to allow for a 10-by-six-foot protected pedestrian and cycling path to go alongside three lanes of traffic.
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