The U.S. Transportation Secretary, in Mobile Tuesday, credited the $1.2 trillion program adopted in 2021, for recent funding of millions of dollars for projects in Mobile.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg acknowledged the resiliency of a still-evolving Amtrak project along the Gulf Coast Tuesday, while touting the Biden Administration’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure package that added millions of dollars in transportation-related funding to Mobile in recent months.
the $550 million Bridge Investment Program grant awarded for the $3.5 billion Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project in JulyAn Amtrak passenger train rolls up to the site in downtown Mobile, Ala., where a future train platform will be built to service Gulf Coast service. The train served as a backdrop to a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, Oct.
A host of Republican lawmakers – none of whom were in attendance during Buttigieg’s visit to Mobile – mostly praised Alabama’s role in securing the funding.Republican Mississippi U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, a longtime backer of restoring Gulf Coast rail since Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, did support the IIJA. Bose and Buttigieg recognized Wicker’s role in pushing for the project, including raising it as an issue of top concern during their confirmation hearings in 2021.
Buttigieg acknowledged the exhaustive time frame for getting the service restarted more than 19 years since Hurricane Katrina’s damage to the Gulf Coast destroyed the rail line and ended the Sunset Limited’s service west of New Orleans. Mobile’s commitment is offset somewhat by a $1 million subsidy by the Alabama State Port Authority, and Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has said she supports providing an additional $1 million to help Mobile offset the annual costs to fund the Amtrak operations.
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