Yesterday, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg joined Nevada representatives for the groundbreaking of the Arlington Bridges project funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).
The project will replace two structurally deficient bridges, which were built nearly a century ago and have the worst structural rating of any bridges in Washoe County, according to 2 News Nevada.
The new bridges, spanning the Truckee River in Reno’s Downtown Riverwalk District, will feature flood mitigation measures and improved bicycle and pedestrian connectivity.
The estimated cost of replacing the Arlington Avenue Bridge is expected to exceed $25 million, according to the Regional Transportation Commission (RTC).
“The Reno community gave a lot of input to ensure leaders were taking this opportunity to not just rebuild the Arlington Avenue Bridges, but to make them even better,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg at the groundbreaking. “These new bridges are about safety, they’re about quality of life for residents, and they’re about people’s livelihoods, and this Administration is thrilled that this work is getting started.”
Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen helped write and pass the BIL and expressed her gratitude for the opportunity to add the Arlington Bridges project to the list of investments to infrastructure in Nevada aided by the BIL.
“This project will help revitalize downtown Reno, helping improve the visitor experience and boosting local tourism,” she said. “I’ll keep working across the aisle to ensure Nevada gets the resources it needs to improve our state’s infrastructure and transportation.”
"We're laying the groundwork for a better future based on a twin philosophy,” said Buttigieg. “First, a philosophy that says the ideas aren't going to all come from Washington. As a matter of fact, out of the 60,000 projects we're funding, zero of those were designed in DOT headquarters; the ideas aren't going to come from Washington, but more of the funding should."
Source: 2 News Nevada, Rosensenate.gov
