President Joe Biden on Monday visited the Baltimore and Potomac Tunnel, a 150-year-old structure that will be replaced thanks in part to his 2021 infrastructure law and will be named for Frederick Douglass.
The tunnel, first opened in 1873 when Ulysses S. Grant was president, connected Philadelphia and Washington by rail for the first time. But over time, it became more of a chokepoint than a lifeline. There’s only one tube, and trains need to slow to just 30 mph to navigate a tight turn on the southern end.
Even as multiple Maryland officials attended Biden’s speech, there is some local opposition to the new tunnel. The group opposes the project out of concern that the construction, use of the tunnel for freight and noise and vibration from passing trains would be detrimental to the neighborhood located above.
As for Biden, “he rode so much, he probably experienced everything there is to experience,” Weaver said.
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