Expect highway closures along Interstate 794 Tuesday as President Joe Biden arrives in Milwaukee to tout additional funding for drinking water upgrades and lead pipe replacements.
Drivers should expect increased traffic, delays and closures around Milwaukee in the early afternoon. Biden is scheduled to speak around 12:30 p.m.
The Secret Service did not provide a list of specific closures for security reasons, but Biden’s visit will entail a temporary closure of I-794 as the president travels to his destination in Milwaukee.
Biden’s Tuesday visit will come as his Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns against former President Donald Trump for the White House. Both campaigns are crisscrossing Wisconsin, a critical swing state, ahead of the Nov. 5 election.
In July, Biden dropped his race for re-election after a disastrous debate performance and endorsed Harris.
Milwaukee will receive a $43 million cut of some $2.6 billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to pay for drinking water upgrades and lead pipe replacements. Biden is also expected to announce a final U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule requiring that drinking water systems replace lead pipes that connect water mains in the street to properties, known as service lines, by 2037.
Alison Dirr and Mary Spicuzza contributed to this report.