President Joe Biden hails plans for big East Coast tunnel fix
President Joe Biden hails plans for major East Coast tunnel repair
From Associated Press | January 30, 2023 | Updated January 30, 2023 at 3:37 p.m
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President Joe Biden traveled to Baltimore on Monday to visit a 150-year-old rail tunnel — a key bottleneck between Washington and New York — that will be replaced under bipartisan infrastructure legislation he signed into law in 2021.
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An Amtrak train exits the Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel in Baltimore, September 15, 2015. The tunnel is finally set to be replaced with the help of $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure legislation that Biden is championing, and he plans to open it on Visit Monday to talk about the massive investment.
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President Joe Biden greets Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, center, and Maryland Governor Wes Moore upon his arrival and prior to his review of infrastructure at the north portal of the Baltimore and Potomac Tunnels on Monday, January 30 in Baltimore speaks.
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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks with Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg before President Joe Biden about infrastructure at the north portal of the Baltimore and Potomac Tunnels in Baltimore, Monday, January 30.
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President Joe Biden addresses infrastructure at the north portal of the Baltimore and Potomac Tunnels in Baltimore Monday, January 30.
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President Joe Biden addresses infrastructure at the north portal of the Baltimore and Potomac Tunnels in Baltimore Monday, January 30.
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President Joe Biden addresses infrastructure at the north portal of the Baltimore and Potomac Tunnels in Baltimore Monday, January 30.
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President Joe Biden waves after speaking on infrastructure at the north portal of the Baltimore and Potomac Tunnels in Baltimore Monday, January 30.
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President Joe Biden waves as he addresses infrastructure at the north portal of the Baltimore and Potomac Tunnels in Baltimore Monday, January 30.
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President Joe Biden addresses infrastructure at the north portal of the Baltimore and Potomac Tunnels in Baltimore Monday, January 30.
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