Louisiana will get its share of the more than $1 trillion in infrastructure spending that President Joe Biden and Congress are sending to states, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Friday.
But he doesn’t have any news yet for state officials and residents clamoring for approval of their favored projects, Buttigieg said in an interview at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, before appearing on a panel with two other cabinet officials.
Louisiana has a long wish list, including expanded passenger rail for New Orleans, the possible removal of the Claiborne Expressway and a new bridge for Baton Rouge.