Secretary Buttigieg addresses EV Chargers, local airports, and the possible reinstation of the Hiawatha Amtrak route

There has been a massive push to reinstate the North Coast Hiawatha route due to the infrastructure package.

“42 years ago in southern Montana in 1979, we lost the North Coast Hiawatha and for over four decades we’ve been trying to get it back, “ says Dave Strohmaier, Missoula County Commissioner and Chairman of Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority. The Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority has widespread bipartisan support from across the state, and region.

So we asked Secretary Pete Buttigieg at the Western Governors' Association about the possibility of it returning and he says now is the best time for it to happen. Read more