How the American Jobs Plan will impact the Central Coast
KSBY
and last updated 2021-05-19 09:00:57-04
President Bidenâs proposed $2 trillion infrastructure improvement bill is a topic of national intrigue. Over the next decade, a local Democratic representative told me The American Jobs Plan would not only modernize the infrastructure of our country, but also create more jobs and infuse more dollars into local economies.
âThis is an opportunity, during this crisis, that allows us to invest in modernizing, comprehensively, our infrastructure, and at the same time, get our economy going,â said Democratic Congressman Salud Carbajal.
Both Democrats and Republicans agree that the United States is in need of major infrastructure improvements, but those opposed say thereâs a lot hidden in the bill that doesnât pertain to physical infrastructure.
It s depressing, says Deacon John Henyard of the First Southern Baptist Church in Hollywood, which looks out on the northbound 101 Freeway exit at Sunset Boulevard, which is covered with tons of garbage. I m looking at a landfill. That s what I see when I look across the street at the freeway, a landfill, Deacon Henyard told the I-Team. I ll be honest, I think we can do a better job, said Tony Tavares, director of Caltrans for Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
It s Caltrans job to pick up garbage and keep the freeways clean.
Caltrans blames the worsening garbage problem on our freeways partly on the pandemic.
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