President Biden to visit Louisiana to pitch infrastructure plan, state Republicans resist

Joe Biden has scheduled his first trip to Louisiana as president, planning to visit Lake Charles and New Orleans Thursday as part of an ongoing whistlestop tour to sell his $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan to Congress and the American public.

The White House hasn't yet released details of the trip.

Louisiana's crumbling infrastructure is among the worst in the nation. The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the state's infrastructure a D+ grade in its 2021 report card.

"The conclusion is not a surprise but more an alarm that over the course of the last five years, (Louisiana's infrastructure) has detreated further," the engineers said in their report care. "Our infrastructure is poorly maintained, inadequately funded and not designed to meet tomorrow’s demands. Consequently, the state is at a disadvantage and will continue to lose its economic competitiveness."

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