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2011 Transportation Conference West
Virginians for Better Transportation hosted its third statewide transportation
conference yesterday at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Charleston, and more than 130
people from across the state attended. The meeting,
2011 Transportation Conference, provided attendees with information on
important transportation issues and the outlook for transportation funding. The
conference, which was sponsored by BrickStreet Insurance, also provided an
overview of a strategic campaign that WVBT will be undertaking next year.
Among the conference’s featured speakers were the state’s three West Virginia
congressional representatives:
- 3rd District
Representative Nick Rahall,
- 2nd District
Representative Shelley Moore Capito, and
- 1st District
Representative David McKinley.
Two of the state’s congressional representatives – Rahall and
Capito -- serve on the influential U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure
Committee, with Rahall being the ranking member.
Other
conference speakers included W.Va. Department of Transportation Secretary Paul
Mattox; the chairs of the Finance Committees in the W.Va. Legislature – Senator
Roman Prezioso and Delegate Harry Keith White; and Senator Robert Beach,
Chairman of the W.Va. Senate’s Transportation & Infrastructure
Committee. Sherry Conway Appel, the National Transportation Campaign
Marketing Manager for the American Association of State Highway &
Transportation Officials (AASHTO), led the attendees in an afternoon strategy
session on how to position and promote transportation funding needs in a
post-recession, budget-deficit world. (Appel’s slide presentations may be
viewed by clicking here.)
Joe
Deneault, WVBT’s Treasurer, also shared details on WVBT’s new strategic plan
for 2012-2013, which is designed to expand the organization’s education efforts
and “make transportation investment and improvement a major campaign issue
during the 2012 state and federal election cycle.”
Conference News:
Surplus state funds unlikely to go for highways
Charleston Daily Mail, Nov. 15, 2011
http://www.dailymail.com/News/statehouse/201111140233
Infrastructure frustrates legislators
Charleston
Daily Mail, Nov. 15, 2011
http://www.dailymail.com/News/201111140203
Rahall continues push for infrastructure bill
The Charleston Gazette, Nov. 25, 2011
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