Monday, January 21, 2008

A Bipartisan coalition was announced this week that pits three of the nations strongest politicians together to focus on infrastructure financing.


GOV. RENDELL JOINS GOV. SCHWARZENEGGER, MAYOR BLOOMBERG TO CREATE NON-PARTISAN COALITION FOR FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION COMMITS TO FUNDING COALITION EFFORTS TO MAKE INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING A NATIONAL PRIORITY

HARRISBURG – Governor Edward G. Rendell today joined with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to announce that they are creating a non-partisan coalition for federal infrastructure investment.

The Building America’s Future Coalition will be comprised of state- and locally elected officials from around the nation and will become a repository of best practices on infrastructure funding issues. In the short-term, the coalition will work with the presidential candidates and the platform committees of the national political parties to ensure that the next president understands the enormity of the infrastructure crisis and is committed to increasing federal funding.


Turnpike Tolling Debate Continues...

The debate as to whether ACT 44 and privatizing the PA Turnpike is continuing to intensify. The turnpike is waiting to hear back from the federal government on whether their proposal to toll I-80 will be accepted. In the meantime Congressional and local politicians along the I-80 corridor are attempting to derail the project and reopen the discussion on privatizing the turnpike. Click here to read the latest news article....

 
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