View Comments
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is visiting Memphis, with his first scheduled stop being for a roundtable discussion at a local FedEx facility.
FedEx is hosting the roundtable and its President and COO Raj Subramaniam is participating in the discussion, which is set to focus on how the Interstate 40 bridge closure has affected transportation and the importance of infrastructure investments.
Joining Buttigieg and Subramaniam at the roundtable are U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, acting administrator of the Federal Highway Administration Stephanie Pollack, Arkansas Trucking Association President Shannon Samples Newton, Donna England of the Tennessee Trucking Association and Jason Higginbotham of Ozark Motor Lines.
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg traveled to Tennessee on Thursday to learn how the closure of the Interstate 40 bridge connecting that state and Arkansas has affected freight movement since it was shut down more than three weeks ago when a crack was found in the span.