Posted on 04/10/2021 5:16:08 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan packs a huge amount of potential for Nevada to improve and enhance our roads and bridges, turbocharge our economy, blunt the worsening effects of climate change, fuel significant growth in long-term employment and improve the lives of working families in our state.
Among its elements, the $2.3 trillion package provides $200 billion for traffic infrastructure and public transportation, $25 billion to upgrade airports, $174 billion to stoke the proliferation of electric vehicles, $213 billion to weatherize homes in middle- and low-income areas as well as building and preserving affordable housing, $300 billion for manufacturing and $100 billion to maintain schools.
For an idea of how much Nevada would benefit under the plan, consider just one facet of it: potential funding for the completion of Interstate 11 between Las Vegas and Phoenix. Experts estimate that finishing the long-needed roadway would produce $24 billion in economic benefit and would generate nearly a quarter-million jobs along the route, including many in Nevada, while also facilitating a greater flow of tourism and convention traffic into Las Vegas.
And that’s not to mention the safety benefits of finally connecting the two metros, which now are the largest in the country not linked by an interstate. Although Nevada’s portion of the highway is complete, the route in Arizona is a hazardous hodge-podge of four-lane and two-lane U.S. highways.
Although Biden’s plan doesn’t specifically earmark funding for that long-needed project, Nevada leaders are optimistic that it will provide for I-11 if approved by Congress.
(Excerpt) Read more at lasvegassun.com ...
PING!
$174 billion to stoke the proliferation of electric vehicles,...
Great. No where is near in Nevada. Most people commute 60+ miles to work. Just what we need are a bunch of electric vehicles.
There are ONLY 2 ‘Metropolitan’ areas in Nevada-—Las Vegas & Reno.
EVERYTHING else is pretty rural.
Those 2 areas have the biggest political hogs ever known to exist.
The current “governor’ is from Las Vegas & runs everything like Don Corelone.
Las Vegas man chooses homelessness over accruing pandemic debt
There’s been more than one occasion where I was on hold for seven hours, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds, at which point they automatically terminate your call,” said Ward.
https://www.ktnv.com/news/las-vegas-man-chooses-homelessness-over-accruing-pandemic-debt
Subsidized industries ....not the role of our Fed to be doing this. It is so sad to see this garbage implemented...fiscal suicide with (I’m sure) Over seas production. Meanwhile Illegal aliens being funded while American citizens are shat upon....Ya know I am so angry and sad to see a republic ruined by such evil greed. I will seek Gods path and pray that the Godless who are implementing this destruction pay for the untold damage they are doing.
Unless this changes the route, as proposed I-11 does not go to Phoenix. It would cross Hwy 60 west of Wickenburg and I-10 west of Buckeye.
The one and only thing of substance they could come up with is actually a unicorn fantasy created by the editorial board. Bwaaaahahhahaaa!
#LiberalismIsAMentalDisorder
Sure, a “high speed’ rail line from So Cal to Vegas is in Biden’s agenda.
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