HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-03• RESOLUTION 2009-03
A RESOLUTION PETITIONING VIRGINIA'S FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES TO SPONSOR
A GRANT FOR BUILDING A MODEL 21ST CENTURY RAIL STEEL INTERSTATE SERVICE
IN THE I-81 CORRIDOR
WHEREAS, the Town of Pulaski has a long and rich historic tradition of involvement with and
promotion of the nation's railroads; and
WHEREAS, given the current political and economic environment, the Town firmly believes that
the national, state and local interest calls for the immediate redevelopment and upgrading of the
nation's passenger and freight rail infrastructure to provide levels of service equal to or superior
to levels of service offered by the Interstate system; and
WHEREAS, Town of Pulaski firmly believes that the expansion of high speed freight and
passenger rail service through the I-81 corridor will produce immediate tangible benefits with
respect to cost savings, environmental preservation and economic development for the Town as
well as the entire I-81 Corridor; and
WHEREAS, the 21St Century North American Steel Interstate System pilot segment, proposed
for the I-81 Corridor from Knoxville, Tennessee to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, will provide a cost
effective option to demonstrate the viability of fast rail service and provide immediate relief from
transportation and environmental problems caused by excessive freight and passenger traffic
on Interstate 81;
• NOWT THEREFORE be it RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia
sitting in session this 17th day of March 2009, that the Town urgently petitions our congressional
delegation to work in concert with representatives of other I-81 Corridor states to sponsor and
secure passage of a Federal transportation demonstration grant to assemble in the I-81 Corridor
between Knoxville, Tennessee and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the pilot segment of the 21St
Century rail, the North American Steel Interstate System.
This resolution is effective upon adoption and is hereby adopted this 17th day of March 2009 by
the duly recorded vote of the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia as follows:
David L. Clark -Aye Joel B. Burchett, Jr. -Aye
Larry G. Clevinger -Aye Robert A. Bopp -Aye
H.M. Kidd -Aye Morgan P. Welker -Aye
ATTEST:
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Patricia Cruise, Clerk of Council
THE TOWN OF PULASKI, VIRGINIA
BY:
y S. Worrell, Mayor
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