KANSAS CITY —U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will visit the Kansas City area again Monday, according to Mayor Quinton Lucas.
Buttigieg, who has visited the region several times since he joined the Biden administration, will participate in the celebration for the completion of the new Kansas City International Airport terminal. The terminal officially opens Tuesday.
He is also scheduled to visit the future site of the multibillion-dollar Panasonic electric vehicle battery plant in De Soto, Kansas, 30 miles southwest of Kansas City.
In January of 2022, Buttigieg stopped in Kansas City to promote the President's infrastructure legislation with a visit to the Rock Island railroad bridge and the Cesar Chavez Bridge that carries vehicles over the Kansas River.
In October 0f 2022, Buttigieg addressed a rally for Democrat candidates in Kansas City, Kansas. Senate candidate Mark Holland, Kansas State Treasurer Lynn Rogers and KCMO Mayor Quinton Lucas attended. Governor Laura Kelly did not attend the event. She was on a tour of Quest Diagnostics in nearby Lenexa that afternoon.