Woodfin: President Biden’s ‘Investing in America’ Agenda and Its Lasting Impact on Birmingham

By Mayor Randall L. Woodfin Drive through Birmingham, and you’ll see remarkable signs of progress. The first things you may notice are the streets. Over the past year, we’ve been working our way through a $12 million resurfacing project involving more than 40 miles of roadways that stretch across every part of the city. As we pave, we’ve been adding bike lanes and other features to make our streets safer for all traffic, including people on bikes and people on foot. Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin. You’ll also see an unprecedented number of cranes, bringing new housing options and other amenities spilling out of our city center; demolition and site work as big blighted sites are brought back to life; and countless neighborhood projects to repair sidewalks, spruce up parks and repair homes. What’s happening in Birmingham is a testament to our talented city employees, our City Council, our businesses, our community partners and our residents who are working hard every day to make our city an even better place to live. But it would be grossly unfair not to acknowledge the huge role played by the Biden Administration. President Biden’s agenda of “Investing in America” is already making a difference...