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NEWS=20
RELEASES<=
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Washington=20
DC Fly-in
The=20
Ports-to-Plains Alliance is in =
Washington DC=20
this week advocating for a policy focus =
in the=20
transportation reauthorization on =
transportation=20
corridors that connect the resources of =
energy,=20
food and fiber produced in largely rural =
areas=20
to markets in urban areas. =
Nineteen=20
representatives will meet with =
twenty-five=20
congressional offices and the Alliance =
Board of=20
Directors will hold the quarterly =
meeting from=20
May 3-5, 2011.
With=20
the apparent reality that there is no =
support=20
for increasing transportation revenue, =
the=20
highway trust fund getting smaller and =
no=20
mechanism to fund specific projects, the =
programs that will be contained in the=20
reauthorization bill are more important =
than=20
ever. =20
The current SAFETEA-LU =
legislation=20
contains 108 surface transportation=20
programs. =20
There are discussions about =
additional=20
programs addressing high speed rail and =
liveable=20
communities. =
We will=20
remind our federal delegations that fuel =
tax can=20
no longer support the current =
transportation=20
system and certainly not the growing =
highway=20
needs. =20
We no longer have the ability to =
fund the=20
variety of programs, much less expand =
those=20
programs. The National Surface =
Transportation=20
Policy and Revenue Study Commission =
recommended=20
just ten programs that would focus on =
core=20
federal priorities.
As=20
a result, our message will be that the=20
programmatic structure of the new =
legislation=20
should reflect the important and unique=20
transportation needs of rural America.=20
- Rural=20
Connectivity and Mobility: =
There should=20
be a focus on upgrading and modernizing =
the=20
portion of the national transportation =
network=20
which provides connectivity and mobility =
for=20
America=E2=80=99s small communities and =
rural areas.=20
- Freight=20
Transportation: There should be =
a focus=20
on freight movement, including freight =
movement=20
in rural corridors on the national =
network.=20
- Rural=20
Safety: There should be a focus =
on=20
rural safety, especially narrow, =
two-lane rural=20
roads which often have fatality rates =
well above=20
four-lane, divided urban highways. These =
overburdened two-lane roads are carrying =
much of=20
the food and fuel destined for our =
nation=E2=80=99s=20
major metropolitan areas. =
Take=20
a moment today to pick up the phone and =
leave a=20
message for your U.S. Representative and =
Senators and tell them to listen to the=20
importance of the message they will hear =
from=20
the Ports-to-Plains Alliance this =
week. =
Tell=20
them it is important to your =
community=E2=80=99s=20
economy.
Upcoming=20
Ports-to-Plains
Alliance=20
Activities
- May=20
1-3 - Williston Basin Petroleum =
Conference,=20
Regina, SK
- May=20
2-6 - Ports-to-Plains Fly-in, =
Washington,=20
DC
- May=20
10-11 - Meetings in =
Saskatchewan
- May=20
22-25 - WINDPOWER 2011, Anaheim, =
CA
- June=20
13-14 - 3rd Annual Symposium on =
Mileage-Based=20
User Fees, Breckenridge, =
CO
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TRANSPORTATION
Dalrymple Signs Historic =
Investment =
Package
for=20
Statewide Transportation=20
Infrastructure
North=20
Dakota recognizes the importance of=20
infrastructure in their two year budget =
approved=20
yesterday. Significant investment =
is being=20
made to state and local highways. =20
Certainly there are lessons here about =
the value=20
of the energy industry and the =
recognition of=20
the legislature and the governor that =
highways=20
are critical to the =
economy.
America's transport=20
infrastructure: Life in the slow=20
lane
The public must demand =
better=20
solutions to traffic
State of Texas=20
Transportation:
Report from the 2030=20
Committee
Heartland route reps ask =
county to=20
join=20
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A Transportation Bill =
for Rural=20
America
Best of the TxDOT=20
Podcast:
Texas' Focus on Rural =
Roadways=20
Reducing Fatalities
US Senate May Have To=20
Consider
Smaller Highway Bill =
-Sen=20
Baucus
Government Shutdown=20
Averted;
Transportation Suffers =
Significant=20
Spending=20
=
Cuts
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ECONOMIC=20
DEVELOPMENT
Marketing professor =
receives grant=20
to study trade between US, Canada:=20
Ports-to-Plains =
Region
Donna Davis,=20
associate professor of marketing, has =
been=20
awarded a grant by the Canadian Studies =
Faculty,=20
a government agency for a cross-border =
research=20
project under the direction of the Rawls =
College=20
of Business.
The project focuses on global =
supply chain=20
management, or how goods and services =
are=20
processed, Davis said, and her primary =
focus at=20
the moment is understanding border =
transactions=20
and business relations between the =
United States=20
and =
Canada=E2=80=A6
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ENERGY
Let=E2=80=99s get real =
about the oil=20
sands
The=20
oil-sands debate must be about =
environmental=20
performance, economic growth and jobs, =
and=20
energy security and reliability =
=E2=80=93 all are=20
important... =20
URGENT: Tell the Federal =
Government to
Expand Access to Onshore =
Energy=20
Resources
Gas prices and industry=20
earnings:
A few things to think =
about the=20
next time you fill up
Oil=20
Without=20
=
Apologies
State Department =
Releases Keystone=20
XL Pipeline
Supplemental =
Environmental Impact=20
=
Statement
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Watch=20
for more Energy Summit picture =
collages in=20
future newsletters!
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Sid=20
Cauthorn
Board=20
Member Ports-to-Plains=20
Alliance
President=20
& CEO
=
Board=20
Member =
Spotlight
Ports-to-Plains=20
Alliance Past Chair and Current Board=20
Member
Sid=20
Cauthorn serves as =
President and=20
CEO of The Bank & Trust, s.s.b. =
located in=20
Southwest Texas. He is a 1984 =
graduate of=20
Texas A&M University with a =
Bachelors of=20
Science degree in Agriculture Economics. =
After=20
working with the Texas Department of =
Banking for=20
seven years, Cauthorn returned to Del =
Rio in=20
1993 and took the helm of The Bank & =
Trust=20
in 1999.
Ports-to-Plains=20
Alliance Members in Sid's area=20
are:
Del Rio Chamber of=20
Commerce
Del Rio Hispanic Chamber =
of=20
Commerce
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Michael=20
Reeves
President
5401=20
N MLK Blvd. #395
Lubbock,=20
TX 79403
P:=20
806-775-2338
F:=20
806-775-3981
michael.reeves@portstopl=
ains.com=20
Duffy=20
Hinkle
Vice=20
President of Membership &=20
Marketing
5401=20
N MLK Blvd. #395
Lubbock,=20
TX 79403
P:=20
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F:=20
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duffy.hinkle@portstoplains=
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Debbie=20
Stevenson
Executive=20
Assistant
5401=20
N MLK Blvd. #395
Lubbock,=20
TX 79403
P:=20
806-775-3369
F:=20
806-775-3981
debbie.stevenson@ports=
toplains.com
Joe=20
Kiely
Vice=20
President of Operations
PO=20
Box 9
Limon,=20
CO 80828
P:=20
303-586-1787
F:=20
719-775-9073
joe.kiely@portstoplains.com
Cal=20
Klewin
Executive=20
Director
Theodore=20
Roosevelt Expressway
PO=20
1306 22 E Broadway
Williston,=20
ND 58802
P:=20
701-577-8110
cal@trexpressway.com
John=20
R. Hoehne
Communications=20
Director
Heartland=20
Expressway =
Association
2620=20
College Park
Scottsbluff, NE=20
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P:=20
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