Buttigieg touts Biden administration investments in Michigan infrastructure

(Michigan Advance) The secretary of “Fix the Damn Roads,” as Pete Buttigieg says Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer calls him, visited the Lansing area Friday to discuss investments in infrastructure and the economy under President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

Buttigieg, who serves as U.S. Transportation secretary, was joined by U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly) and Lansing Mayor Andy Schor while speaking with union workers constructing the more than $200 million project on US-127/I-496 funded by the Biden administration.

“For too long, Americans were looking at the state of our infrastructure, saying, ‘Why can’t we have nice things?’ And the answer was, it was a choice, because the funding just wasn’t there,” Buttigieg said during a news conference at a construction site. “That’s what we’ve changed with project after project, from six-figure projects to fix a crosswalk or a street light somewhere, to projects that will invest hundreds of millions of dollars to save lives like the one that we’re celebrating today.”

The bulk of the construction in the Lansing area segment of roadway is focused on driver safety by rebuilding bridges, fixing up signage and road markings, as well as repairing the pavement. .............(more)

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