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Jet setters.

A look for faster security checks at Louisville's Muhammad Ali International Airport this week.

City and state leaders broke ground on a new security point expansion.

The project which will increase screening capacity by 60% was funded in part by the bipartisan infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

A law supported by both Senator Mitch McConnell and Congressman Morgan McGarvey.

They say this project is evidence that both parties can still work together even after this week's election results.

>> Since 2018 Stanford Field is celebrated for of its top 5 busiest years ever in terms of passenger traffic.

>> Last year in 2023, was STS busiest year to date with more than 4.6 million total passengers.

>> We've got more aircraft, larger aircraft, more more nonstops.

I'm all for low-cost carriers in the market with that.

We've just seen traffic grow and grow and grow to last year was a record setting year and this year.

24 so far, we're 5% have of last year's record-breaking year.

So when you have growth like that, obviously it's a can be a struggle.

Sometimes they have the infrastructure really KET up with the new demand.

What we found about 2022 was and we are struggling to get people through the checkpoint and really started working really close with TSA say, hey, we need more checkpoints.

We immediately added the 6 line, a 7th pop-up line just to get through this need to be.

And while we're doing all that, we said, we got to we got to sign a new checkpoint.

This is a 30,000 square-foot will be a 30,000 square-foot 10 lane check 0.

45 million dollars will be working on this through about the the end of 26.

Me early 27 and again, it's really just a really special project.

>> Well, you know, you all think that we never do anything together.

The bipartisan infrastructure bill, which made all of this possible.

Morgan and I both supported.

The classic.

Partisan agreement that shows what can be done when we work together.

And I think we haven't had an election this week, even though.

My side did very well.

That doesn't mean we're not going to work together.

>> Our economic growth as a city.

And the strength of our airport go hand in hand.

I've spent my first term in Congress fighting for funding like this.

And you heard leader McConnell say this, but this really is a great example to come from the bipartisan infrastructure law.

Passed by congressional Democrats lead through the Senate by Leader McConnell signed into law by President Biden.

This is an example of what can happen when we work together.

>> The security checkpoint expansion project is the largest change to the Jerry Abramson terminal and over 35