Vice President Kamala Harris visiting Seattle

SEATTLE — Vice President Kamala Harris is visiting Seattle for the primary time since taking workplace.

She is staying on the Fairmont Olympic Resort downtown. Safety within the space is tight, with dozens of police cruisers stationed close by.

When Harris arrived on Tuesday night time, she was greeted by protesters calling for her to finish human rights violations in Iran.

The vice chairman’s arrival had a serious impression on site visitors. Drivers within the Seattle space ought to anticipate closures between 10 a.m. and a pair of p.m. Wednesday.

Harris shall be at Lumen Subject at 10:20 a.m., the place she’ll discuss in regards to the Biden administration’s low-emission faculty bus coverage.

At 1 p.m., she’s going to attend a personal fundraiser on the Showbox on the Market in downtown Seattle. She shall be on the King County Worldwide Airport-Boeing Subject at 1:50 p.m. for her departure.

Drivers ought to remember the fact that occasions could also be fluid.

The vice chairman shall be joined at Lumen Subject by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Environmental Safety Company administrator Michael Regan to focus on how cash from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Regulation is delivering electrical faculty buses to Washington state faculty districts.

The legislation was accredited by Congress final yr.

The White Home is rolling out a brand new program to assist faculty districts in each state and Washington, D.C., purchase about 2,500 low-emission buses with about $1 billion in grants.

The funding is the primary installment of $5 billion in grants over the subsequent 5 years.

In keeping with the Biden administration, about 95% of the brand new buses shall be electrical.

This system is a part of a partnership with the EPA’s clear faculty bus program.

Officers consider this system will assist enhance clear power in colleges and enhance air high quality.

It might additionally enhance some well being issues for college kids. The White Home stated diesel exhaust that comes from conventional faculty buses can irritate bronchial asthma and trigger different well being issues.

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