Capitol Hill Reception recognize top transportation projects.
Press Release Summary:
Congressional reception honoring "Champions of Transportation" and 2008 America's Transportation Awards Projects was held near U.S. Capitol. Sponsored by AAA, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and AASHTO, competition recognizes outstanding transportation projects, large and small in communities across country. Several members of Congress who represent districts served by these projects were recognized as "Champions of Transportation" for their support.
Original Press Release:
America's Top Transportation Projects And Champions Recognized At Capitol Hill Reception
A congressional reception honoring "Champions of Transportation" and the 2008 America's Transportation Awards Projects was held last night at the Rayburn House
Office Building, near the U.S. Capitol.
The America's Transportation Awards competition, which is sponsored by the American Automobile Association (AAA), the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the American
Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), recognizes outstanding transportation projects, large and small in communities across the country.
Several members of Congress who represent the districts served by these projects were recognized as "Champions of Transportation" for their support.
"Smart investment in transportation does not occur in a vacuum. It requires the leadership and commitment of elected officials at the local, state and federal level," said John Horsley, AASHTO Executive Director. "These outstanding projects are making communities safer and better and they showcase what happens when we work together." Horsley said.
The 2008 America's Transportation Award Grand Prize was shared by the states of Maryland and Virginia, builders of the massive Woodrow Wilson Bridge. The winner
of the 2008 People's Choice Award went to the state of Mississippi for its reconstruction of the Bay Saint Louis Bridge destroyed by hurricane Katrina.
Eight regional winners - California's MacArthur Maze project, Florida's Open Road Tolling project, the I-35 Interchange project in Pennsylvania, the Route 830 Airport
Access Project in Kansas, the Trunk Highway 36 Reconstruction Project in Minnesota, Utah's 4500 South Bridge Replacement Project, the Tacoma Narrows bridge
replacement project in Washington State, and Rhode Island's Iway Bridge Float - were finalist for the top two prizes.
The 2009 America's Transportation Awards competition begins in March.
For more information on these award winning projects and the jobs that were created by them, please visit www.americastransportationaward.org.
