Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg visited Western North Carolina on Thursday to survey the severe infrastructural damage caused by Hurricane Helene.
He was joined by Governor Roy Cooper, Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer and Canton Mayor Zeb Smathers, along with a handful of NCDOT officials.
Ahead of Buttigieg’s visit, BPR’s Laura Hackett spoke with him about the great infrastructure needs of the area in the aftermath of the storm…