NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The transportation secretary is visiting the land of enchantment this week. He is planning to discuss how the state is using funds from the Biden Administration’s ‘Building a Better America Plan.’

Pete Buttigieg will be in Albuquerque on Tuesday before heading down to Las Cruces on Wednesday. He will be discussing the $1.1 billion from the infrastructure law that will be used in New Mexico to make communities safer.


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Right now, the state has more than 70 projects earmarked for funding from that law.