National Gateway Coalition Thanks Elected Officials
18 2월 2010 - 6:42AM
PR Newswire (US)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Gateway
coalition today thanked the elected officials who have supported
the job producing project, on the same day that the public-private
partnership was awarded $98 million in funding from the
Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER)
Discretionary Grant program, part of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act. "The elected officials who support the National
Gateway understand the importance of addressing the transportation
infrastructure needs of our country," said Louis Renjel, vice
president of strategic infrastructure initiatives, CSX
Transportation. "Under their leadership, the National Gateway is
putting people to work, reducing congestion on our nation's
highways and improving the environment. CSX and the other members
of the coalition are grateful for their support and look forward to
continuing to work with them to make the National Gateway a
reality." An $842 million, multi-state public-private
infrastructure initiative, the National Gateway will enhance
freight capacity by creating a highly efficient double-stack rail
corridor between East Coast sea ports and consumption centers and
Midwest distribution centers. The project will create more than
50,000 jobs, reduce transit times between coastal ports and major
population centers by 24 to 48 hours, and reduce highway congestion
and transportation emissions. The National Gateway coalition has
unprecedented support from a large coalition of public and private
sector leaders including governors and regional officials across
six states, more than three dozen members of Congress, three port
authorities, and dozens of global shippers, ocean carriers,
business organizations and environmental groups. The coalition
would like to thank the following elected officials for their
support: Governors -- Ohio Governor Ted Strickland -- Pennsylvania
Governor Ed Rendell -- Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley --
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell -- West Virginia Governor Joe
Manchin -- North Carolina Governor Bev Purdue U.S. Senators -- U.S.
Senator George Voinovich (Ohio) -- U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown
(Ohio) -- U.S. Senator Robert P. Casey (Pennsylvania) -- U.S.
Senator Barbara Mikulski (Maryland) -- U.S. Senator Benjamin Cardin
(Maryland) -- U.S. Senator Jim Webb (Virginia) -- U.S. Senator Mark
Warner (Virginia) Members of Congress -- Congresswoman Betty Sutton
(OH-13) -- Congressman Charlie Wilson (OH-6) -- Congresswoman Jean
Schmidt (OH-2) -- Congressman John Boccieri (OH-16) --
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) -- Congresswoman Mary Jo Kilroy
(OH-15) -- Congressman Michael Turner (OH-3) -- Congressman Steven
LaTourette (OH-14) -- Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-17) -- Congressman
Mike Doyle (PA-14) -- Congressman Bill Shuster (PA-9) --
Congressman Jason Altmire (PA-4) -- Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper
(PA-3) -- Congressman Chris Van Hollen (MD-8) -- Congresswoman
Donna Edwards (MD-4) -- Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-2) --
Congressman Elijah Cummings (MD-7) -- Congressman Frank Kratovil,
Jr. (MD-1) -- Congressman John Sarbanes (MD-3) -- Congressman Steny
Hoyer (MD-5) -- Congressman Gerry Connolly (VA-11) -- Congressman
Glenn Nye (VA-2) -- Congressman James Moran (VA-8) -- Congressman
Randy Forbes (VA-4) -- Congressman Robert Wittman (VA-1) --
Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito (WV-2) -- Congressman G.K.
Butterfield (NC-1) -- Congressman Howard Coble (NC-6) --
Congressman Mel Watt (NC-12) -- Congressman Mike McIntyre (NC-7) --
Congresswoman Sue Myrick (NC-9) -- Congresswoman Corrine Brown
(FL-3) State Elected Officials -- Armond Budish, Speaker, Ohio
House of Representatives -- Robert F. Hagan, Chairman, Ohio House
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee -- Randy Gardner, Ohio
House of Representatives -- Bill Harris, President, Ohio Senate --
Mark Wagoner, Ohio Senate, 2nd District -- Tom Patton, Ohio State
Senate -- Joseph F. Markosek, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
-- Richard A. Geist, Pennsylvania House of Representatives -- J.
Barry Stout, Pennsylvania Senate -- Michael E. Busch, Speaker of
the Maryland House -- Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., President of the
Maryland Senate -- Senator Ulysses Currie, Chairman of Maryland
Senate Budget Committee -- John C. Astle, Maryland Senate -- Ward
L. Armstrong, Virginia House of Delegates, Minority Leader -- David
Englin, Virginia House of Delegates -- G. Manoli Loupassi, Virginia
House of Delegates -- Glen Oder, Virginia House of Delegates -- Joe
May, Virginia House of Delegates -- Mark Sickles, Virginia House of
Delegates -- Robert H. Brink, Virginia House of Delegates -- S.
Chris Jones, Virginia House of Delegates -- Frank Wagner, Virginia
State Senate -- J. Chapman Peterson, Virginia State Senate -- Toddy
Puller, Virginia State Senate -- Walter A. Stosch, Virginia State
Senate -- Wm. Roscoe Reynolds, Virginia State Senate -- Kevin J.
Craig, Member West Virginia House of Delegates -- Representative
James W. Crawford, North Carolina General Assembly Members of the
National Gateway coalition include: Businesses and Organizations --
Allegheny Conference on Community Development -- APL -- APM
Terminals -- Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce -- Big Lots! --
Butler County Port Authority -- Celtic International --
Chambersburg Chamber of Commerce -- Chesapeake Bay Foundation --
China Shipping -- CMA CGM -- Comprehensive Development Solutions --
Conservation Fund -- ContainerPort Group, Inc. -- CSX -- Evergreen
-- Franklin Storage, LP -- Greater Baltimore Committee -- Greater
Findlay, Inc. -- Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce -- Hamburg
Sud -- Hampton Roads Partnership -- Hapag Lloyd -- Hyundai
Intermodal Inc. -- Jones Fall Watershed -- Limitedbrands --
Maryland Chamber -- Mercersburg Area Chamber of Commerce -- Mi-Jack
Products -- Mosser Construction -- MSC Mediterranean Shipping
Company -- Mulch Manufacturing -- National Capital Region
Transportation Planning Board -- Northern Virginia Transportation
Alliance -- ODW Logistics -- Ohio Chamber of Commerce -- Ohio
Environmental Council -- Ohio Kentucky Indiana (OKI) Regional
Council of Governments -- Ohio Logistics -- Ohio Soybean Council --
OOCL -- Pacer Rail -- Pacer Stacktrain -- Pacific Rail Services --
Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry -- Pittsburgh
Regional Alliance -- Regional Growth Partnership -- ROAR Logistics
-- Schneider National -- Shippensburg Area Chamber of Commerce --
Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments -- Trailer
Transport Systems -- UPS -- Valley Quarries -- Virginia Chamber of
Commerce -- Wood County Economic Development Commission -- Yang
Ming For more information about the National Gateway, visit
http://www.nationalgateway.org/. DATASOURCE: National Gateway
CONTACT: Richard VanOrnum of the National Gateway, +1-617-752-1177
Web Site: http://www.nationalgateway.org/
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