Thu, Sep 09, 2010
Applauds Inclusion Of NextGen Technology As Infrastructure
In a statement released Tuesday, AIA says it strongly supports
President Obama's proposals for what he terms "investment" in
our nation's transportation infrastructure, particularly the effort
to modernize the nation's air traffic control system (NextGen). "We
are very pleased to see the recognition that our national airspace
system cannot be transformed by focusing on runways alone," said
AIA President and CEO Marion C. Blakey. "NextGen is the future of a
safer, cleaner, quieter aviation system and its implementation
requires attention to both ground and airborne infrastructure."
Civil aviation has an incredible capacity to spur economic
investment. Various economic analyses show that federal investment
in NextGen airborne infrastructure has the potential to create more
than 150,000 direct and indirect jobs in the near term. "AIA has
long championed the inclusion of NextGen acceleration in any
economic stimulus package because of the strong five-to-one
stimulative effect of civil aviation investment," Blakey said.
"Transportation infrastructure spending that doesn't include
recapitalization of our Eisenhower-era aviation system won't
address the issue efficiently or effectively."
Marion Blakey
AIA says Transportation Secretary LaHood's Future of Aviation
Advisory Committee is asking the right questions and its
recommendations should help inform how the president's
infrastructure bank spends money on our nation's aviation
infrastructure. The organization says it looks forward to working
with the administration to identify which aviation infrastructure
investments bring the most immediate economic benefit to the
traveling public and all Americans.
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