Today, Interstate 40 reopens in North Carolina and Tennessee after a five month closure from Hurricane Helene.
@POTUS made rebuilding these states a priority.
@USDOT is committed to making that happen as fast and efficiently as possible. There’s still a lot of work to do, but the reopening of I-40 today is a big step in the right direction.
That is very impressive. I worked on road construction for a few years as a young man and there was an incredible amount of work involved in fixing that. It goes way beyond simply dumping dirt and pouring concrete and I’m sure they also reinforced the area to help suppress a repeat.
Bravo.
It only took Japan 10 days to fix a mile long divided highway span after the earthquake and Tsumnami years ago. Why does it take so long in the US?
Biden sent 2 dozen shovels for “Shovel Ready Jobs” to get the Interstate re-opened.