RELEASE: AT STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT BRIDGE, GOTTHEIMER HIGHLIGHTS NEWLY-PASSED BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL

Statement

Today, November 12, 2021, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) joined with local North Jersey labor leaders, business leaders, and officials to highlight how the recently-passed Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill will help fix North Jersey bridges, tunnels, and roads -- at a crumbling, structurally-deficient Teaneck bridge that has needed investment for years. Gottheimer recently helped lead the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill in the House, to send the historic legislation to the President's desk.

New Jersey has the third worst roads in the nation, as of 2020, and hundreds of New Jersey bridges are currently rated as deficient.

Gottheimer was joined today by New Jersey Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Tom Bracken, Bergen County Commissioner and President of IBEW Local 164 Tom Sullivan, Greg Lalevee of IUOE Local 825, Teaneck Mayor Jim Dunleavy, members of Labor International Union of North American (LiUNA), local leaders, and many hardworking women and men of labor.

"For everyone who has ever hit a pothole, been stuck on a train, spent too much time commuting, or worried about the water their children are drinking, this Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill is a game changer. It is an investment that New Jersey needs, badly. I heard you loud and clear -- you wanted action. Today, we are delivering," said Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5). "Over the last months, Democrats and Republicans came together, working with the President, crafted, and passed the greatest infrastructure investment in a century. It is a great example of how our government is supposed to work: coming together, across party lines, to get things done for our families and small businesses."

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