Transportation Secretary Buttigieg coming to Seattle this week

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will go to Seattle and Wenatchee this week, the Transportation Division introduced Monday.

Buttigieg shall be in Washington state this Thursday and Friday to spotlight investments in native infrastructure. The funds have been a part of President Biden’s Infrastructure Regulation.

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Also known as “Mayor Pete,” he was the highest govt in South Bend, Indiana, from 2012 to 2020. Buttigieg grew to prominence as a democratic candidate for president within the 2020 marketing campaign. He received the Iowa caucuses and positioned an in depth second within the New Hampshire major. Buttigieg is a graduate of Harvard and the College of Oxford and a army veteran. At 38, he’s the youngest Cupboard member of the Biden administration and the youngest individual ever to function Transportation Secretary.

The state was awarded a number of tasks as a part of the $7.5 billion infrastructure regulation. The cash shall be awarded over the subsequent 5 years.

“Studying about these tasks and offering the funding to assist make them a actuality is without doubt one of the finest components of serving on this position,” Buttigieg advised The Washington Submit.

The Division of Transportation didn’t announce any public appearances for Buttigieg, however in a information launch, they mentioned extra particulars will observe.

In Wenatchee, Mayor Frank Kuntz is pushing for what is known as the Confluence Parkway undertaking, which might result in the development of a second bridge throughout the Wenatchee River.

In Seattle, the funds could be spent to help in an array of transportation tasks in an effort to alleviate a number of the persevering with visitors issues within the Puget Sound space.