Minnesota will use infrastructure money to tackle bridge repair, climate change and more

Published November 15, 2021 at 1:40 PM EST

Minnesota Transportation Commissioner Margaret Anderson Kelliher joins Here & Now‘s Scott Tong to discuss projects that will be fast-tracked because of a $6.8 billion infusion of federal infrastructure money.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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