WASHINGTON D.C., DC — White House infrastructure coordinator and former New Orleans mayor, Mitch Landrieu is leaving his post after two years on the job.
Landrieu was responsible for setting up a system to invest more than $1 trillion in federal money on improving roads, sewer systems, and several other projects tied to the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law.
“As my Senior Advisor, Mitch has helped oversee the most transformational investment in American infrastructure in generations,” said President Joe Biden.
“In two years, our Administration has announced over 40,000 infrastructure projects spread across 4,500 communities in every state, territory, and Washington D.C. We’ve expanded affordable high-speed internet access to over 22 million people and started improvements on over 135,000 miles of roads in America.”
“I offer my deepest gratitude to Mitch for his leadership and his decades of service to the American people. I will miss his counsel greatly,” he said.
Biden’s infrastructure plan aims to improve broadband, water supplies, and other public works along with investments creating an average of 2 million jobs a year for the next decade.
Landrieu is expected to work on President Biden's re-election campaign.
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