Pete Buttigieg

Shovels will go in the ground for the $16 billion project by the end of the year, officials said.

After years of delays, work "in earnest" is expected to begin.

The Senate Majority Leader and U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg were on hand to discuss the project today.

“I’d like to talk about who we’re running against: a billionaire who calls women 'fat broads' and 'horse-faced lesbians.' And no, I’m not talking about Donald Trump," Warren said.

“It speaks to just where the party is right now; trying to find itself, figure out the best path forward for its own future as it figures out who the candidate is."

Mayor Buttigieg drew several hundred people, a larger crowd than any of Mayor de Blasio's stops during his recent swing through Iowa and South Carolina.

The mayor from Indiana, obviously.