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Vice President Joe Biden says New York state's road to economic recovery is being paved with almost 300 new transportation projects.

Biden says the $1.1 billion spent under the federal economic stimulus program will help areas across the state. The vice president appeared Thursday afternoon at Shenendehowa High School in Clifton Park.

The visit came amid lawmakers' concern that economically distressed areas aren't getting a fair share.

A spokesman for Democratic Rep. Scott Murphy says Biden's staff reached out to Murphy to set up the appearance in his district.

Murphy narrowly won the 20th Congressional District seat vacated when Kirsten Gillibrand succeeded Hillary Rodham Clinton in the U.S. Senate.

CBS 6 will be on top of the Vice President's visit.  You can follow updates here on cbs6albany.com and on our Twitter page.  We will have live coverage of Biden's visit on our sister station, the Capital Region's CW (Time Warner Cable Channel 15).

Earlier in the day, Biden visited former factory in Cincinnati that's being converted into apartments and commercial space.