COVINGTON, Ky. — President Joe Biden has left the Tri-State. The presidential motorcade caused rolling closures from Northern Kentucky into Ohio around the area. The motorcade drove past the WCPO studios on its way to Just Q'In, a restaurant in Walnut Hills.
President Biden was in town to talk about the $1 trillion infrastructure deal that will improve the Brent Spence Bridge.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, Ohio Governor Mike Dewine, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senator Sherrod Brown met the president at the airport, as well as outgoing Senator Rob Portman. The five of them joined President Biden in delivering remarks about the infrastructure deal.
Ironically, his visit created quite a traffic hassle on the Brent Spence and Clay Wade Bailey bridges, as they were shut down at times throughout the visit.
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Last week, Ohio Governor Mike Dewine and Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced that $1.6 billion in federal funding will be used for a companion bridge that will be built right next to the Brent Spence. This includes reworking I-71/75 on both sides of the river, along with some additional improvements to the current bridge.
"The fact that this bridge is being built without tolls is keeping millions of dollars in the pockets of Greater Cincinnati's," Covington Mayor Joseph Meyer said. "We got what 50,000 people every day that cross the bridge to work in Cincinnati and $2 a toll each way that's $2,000 a year per person."
Wednesday's visit was a rare joint appearance with the president and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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