Focus of annual Chamber of Commerce trip is getting fair share of $1.2T federal infrastructure bill.
More than 140 business and civic leaders from San Diego are in Washington, D.C. this week lobbying federal officials for help with local infrastructure projects, upgrades to the Mexican border and economic initiatives.
The bill also includes money for road projects, cybersecurity and climate projects, such as alleviating heat islands by planting more trees in urban areas that lack parks and greenspace. Jerry Sanders, chief executive of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, said it serves San Diego well to have leaders from various local cities and organizations on the chamber’s annual trip to Washington.
Blakespear, who is serving as chair of the San Diego Association of Governments, said another key project that needs federal aid is a plan to underground train tracks in Del Mar that have become vulnerable to disintegrating bluffs.
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