Posted on 07/25/2003 2:21:03 PM PDT by Willie Green
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WASHINGTON - Congressman Zach Wamp (R-TN), the Co-Chairman of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (REEE) Caucus, announced Thursday that the 2004 Treasury-Transportation spending bill includes $1 million for Advanced Transportation Technology Institute (ATTI) in Chattanooga.
He said it will begin the implementation of the East Tennessee Clean Transportation Initiative.
According to Wamp, this funding will support the development of electric, hybrid-electric and other clean-fuel transportations to reduce pollution in the region and to improve air quality in places like the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
"As the Co-Chairman of the REEE, I continue to advocate for energy independence and the need to dramatically reduce our reliance of Middle Eastern oil. Transportation is the major source of petroleum consumption in the United States and the technology being developed by the partners in the Clean Fuels Initiative will be the future of transportation in America," said Wamp, the only Tennessee Member on the Appropriations Committee.
The City of Chattanooga is slated to receive $1 million for the Enterprise South Connector Road, also known as the "yellow brick road," that will connect the new I-75 interchange to State Highway 58 through the Enterprise South Industrial Park. The proposed four-lane road will be 3.5 miles long.
"This road is essential to the development of the new Enterprise South Industrial Park. Companies looking to locate to this industrial park will take into consideration its easy accessibility from I-75," added Wamp.
Other important Tennessee priorities that are included in the 2004 Treasury-Transportation spending bill are:
In addition to Tennessee's funding items that were included in the spending bill, Congressman Wamp also supported specific language in the bill related to important Tennessee priorities:
The House of Representatives is scheduled to consider the Treasury-Transportation spending bill after the August District Work Period.
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