Mike Knisley, the executive secretary-treasurer of the Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council, predicted the number of union building trades and construction workers in the state will grow from around 100,000 today to between 115,000 and 125,000 over the next generation.
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, speaks about President Joe Biden's infrastructure agenda near the Brent Spence Bridge, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023, in Covington, Ky. WASHINGTON, D. C. - Billions of federal dollars coming to Ohio from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and CHIPS and Science Act will provide thousands of well-paid jobs in the state with potential to deliver lasting economic recovery in Ohio’s struggling towns, a top Ohio construction union official told a Senate committee on Wednesday.
Brown said more than 60,000 infrastructure projects are already underway across the country because of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. He said they’re improving 165,000 miles of road, and repairing more than 9,400 bridges, with benefits to every state. Brown said Bipartisan Infrastructure Law money is being used to build a new Brent Spence companion bridge over the Ohio River to connect Cincinnati with Kentucky. He said Cincinnati’s 90-year old Western Hills Viaduct is being replaced, as is the Market Street Bridge, that connects Steubenville with West Virginia.Biden signs Sherrod Brown’s legislation requiring the federal government to buy only U.S.
The committee’s top Republican, South Carolina’s Tim Scott, questioned the effectiveness of federal spending, noting that inflation has driven up construction costs as does government-imposed bureaucratic hurdles.
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