Pres. Biden hit the road again as part of a multi-day pitch to Americans on the benefits of the bipartisan infrastructure law passed last year, stopping in New York City to tout funding for the Gateway Hudson Tunnel Project.
passed last year, stopping Tuesday in New York City to tout funding for the Gateway Hudson Tunnel Project.
The project "will result in 72,000 good-paying jobs, rehabilitate the old North River Tunnel which opened in 1910, build a new tunnel beneath the Palisades, Hudson River, and the waterfront area in Manhattan, and improve reliability for 200,000-weekday passengers on New Jersey Transit and Amtrak," according to the White House.
The trip to tout rail infrastructure comes after a similar appearance Monday in Baltimore and one week before Biden's State of the Union -- the first time Biden will address a joint session of Congress with the newly-empowered Republican majority in the House.
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