COVINGTON, KY (WXIX) -President Joe Biden will come to Covington on Wednesday, days after the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded $1.635 billion to build the companionway to the Brent Spence Bridge.
The president is traveling to discuss his economic plan.
“The president will deliver remarks about how his economic plan is rebuilding our infrastructure, creating good-paying jobs that don’t require a four-year degree, and revitalizing left-behind communities,” the White House said in a statement Sunday.
On Thursday, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced that Kentucky and Ohio will receive the money.
$1.635 billion will be used to improve the eight-mile Brent Spence Bridge corridor, which runs from the Western Hills Viaduct in Ohio to the Dixie Highway in Kentucky, Mayor Aftab Pureval’s office explained.
The project, which will free up traffic, increase safety and do so without tolls, is expected to begin in late 2023, Gov. Beshear said.
This will be President Biden’s second visit in the past year to the Greater Cincinnati area.
President Biden toured the Greater Cincinnati area in May and visited United Performance Metals in Hamilton. That’s where he urged Congress to pass the “Bipartisan Innovation Act,” now signed into law, to fund manufacturing of semiconductors and other technologies stymied by overseas supply chain delays.
Details of his arrival have not yet been made public.
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