Since the start of the Biden-Harris Administration, the U.S. DOT has created more than 1.7 million Construction and Manufacturing Jobs, and 700,000 Transportation Sector Jobs.
The U.S. Department of Transpiration has been enabling thousands of projects in order to help improve American infrastructure.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation is celebrating the historic opportunity of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda and the more than 1.7 million construction and manufacturing jobs, and over 700,000 transportation sector jobs that have been created.
Removing residential construction jobs from the total, more than 1.3 million construction and manufacturing jobs have been created under the Biden-Harris Administration. Union jobs have also been on the rise with the U.S. now having 400,000 more union workers than in 2021.
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American workers are advancing over 60,000 projects using funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. These projects are rebuilding bridges, making roadways safer, upgrading ports to be more efficient, modernizing airport terminals, and expanding public transit and passenger rail services.
The Brightline West High Speed Rail project is expected to create 35,000 construction jobs and 1,000 permanent positions when completed in 2028 for example.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Build America, Buy America Act, all iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials used in federally-funded infrastructure projects are required to be produced in America.
These projects are strengthening the American economy by fortifying supply chains and lowering costs, improving America’s global competitiveness, and creating millions of good-paying jobs that bring people into the middle class.
The Biden-Harris Administration is also creating training pipelines to ensure all Americans can assess the thousands of good-paying jobs that the administration has created.
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This is the largest federal investment in U.S. history in registered apprenticeships. It has launched nine Investing in America Workforce Hubs across the country that are bringing together unions, local governments, employers, training providers, schools, and other stakeholders to facilitate partnerships.
American Infrastructure Projects
Several projects have been created through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law including:
The Brightline West High Speed Rail project, America’s first true high-speed passenger rail system connecting Las Vegas and Southern California.
The Hudson River Tunnel project, building a new two-track rail tunnel from the Bergen Palisades in New Jersey to Manhattan.
The Blatnik Bridge Replacement project, which will replace the current Blatnik Bridge, a major connection between the cities of Duluth Minnesota, and Superior Wisconsin.
The California Inaugural High-Speed Rail Service Project, to help deliver high-speed rail service in California’s Central Valley.
The Long Bridge project, will construct a new two-track rail bridge over the Potomac River and expand passenger rail capacity between Washington, D.C. and Richmond, VA.
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