Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and Philadelphia city leaders gathered Sunday with union workers for a celebration honoring the construction crews who worked around the clock to get the I-95 temporary highway rebuilt.
Governor Shapiro, along with Mayor Kenney and officials from PennDOT, took the opportunity Sunday to not just give thanks to the workers who helped reopen I-95 in record time, but to give back to them.
"He didn’t leave that sight, neither did Mike Carroll and neither did all of you who were doing 12-hour shifts to make sure region and the nation got moving again," Gov. Shapiro remarked.Marloy Gonzalez is with Local 57 and was involved every step of the way these past two weeks. He says seeing the recognition of the work means the world.
"Just a lot of love. I was on the field today with the governor and everything else. It’s just been crazy, these last couple of days," Gonzalez said. Through the pomp and circumstance that followed what officials call an amazing accomplishment, the governor said he has not lost sight of theThe governor said the job was finished because of how much the city was pulling for each person involved. "That was not nothing. That mattered. These workers felt the community pulling for them."
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