For continuance inadvertently the yosemite fish patch is continued was left off the calendar it is being continued indefinitely and will be renoticed for the benefit of the public further on your calendars commissioners item 15 for case on rosie after a discretionary review it has been withdrawn and will not be considered on todays agenda i have nothing further you might want to take Public Comment. On Public Comment no items proposed for continuance. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Thank you. Commissioners that place us under consideration of the definite minutes for july 16, 2015 i have i have no speaker cards. Okay. Any Public Comment on draft minutes . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed commissioner moore we received an email regarding is an omission on the minutes i didnt receive a copy of draft minutes myself and no notification i hope other commissioners Pay Attention to the email and just want to bring it to our attention. We checked that theyre on is july 2nd and 16
By now weve seen the reports in the resulting collapse of section i85 northeast of atlanta. This is a critically important piece of our system which carries over 400,000 cars a day. With that volume of traffic, its amazing there wasnt any loss of life in this incident. I commend the state and local officials for responding so quickly to the crisis. I want to commend the u. S. Department of transportation for acting quickly to release funds, emergency funds and provide assistance. Were here to examine the implementation of the fast act of state and local partners. Its the first long term surface transportation reauthorization bill in a decade and its Important Foundation for building a 21st century infrastructure. As a fiveyear bill provides very much needed certainty and funding so that our nonfederal partners can make smart longterm investments. The fact that fast act is a forward looking law that puts an emphasis on project of National Existence streamlining project delivery and icnn
By now weve seen the reports in the resulting collapse of section i85 northeast of atlanta. This is a critically important piece of our system which carries over 400,000 cars a day. With that volume of traffic, its amazing there wasnt any loss of life in this incident. I commend the state and local officials for responding so quickly to the crisis. I want to commend the u. S. Department of transportation for acting quickly to release funds, emergency funds and provide assistance. Were here to examine the implementation of the fast act of state and local partners. Its the first long term surface transportation reauthorization bill in a decade and its Important Foundation for building a 21st century infrastructure. As a fiveyear bill provides very much needed certainty and funding so that our nonfederal partners can make smart longterm investments. The fact that fast act is a forward looking law that puts an emphasis on project of National Existence streamlining project delivery and icnn
I also want to comment the u. S. Department of transportation for acting quickly to release funds, emergency funds and provide assistance. Were here to examine the implementation of the fast act with our state and local partners. The fast act is a first long term surface transportation reauthorization bill in a decade and important for the 21st century. As a fiveyear bill provides very much needed certainty and funneledi funding to our partners. Fact that fast act is a forward looking law that puts an emphasis on projects of national significance, the movement streamlining project delivery and Innovative Solutions to transportation challenges. As they carry out the projects, the witnesses have a firsthand view of how federal transportation policies are being implemented by the u. S. Department of transportation. We look forward to building a 21st century infrastructure with our state and local partners. I now recognize you for your opening statement. Thank you very much, mr. Chairman.
I also want to comment the u. S. Department of transportation for acting quickly to release funds, emergency funds and provide assistance. Were here to examine the implementation of the fast act with our state and local partners. The fast act is a first long term surface transportation reauthorization bill in a decade and important for the 21st century. As a fiveyear bill provides very much needed certainty and funneledi funding to our partners. Fact that fast act is a forward looking law that puts an emphasis on projects of national significance, the movement streamlining project delivery and Innovative Solutions to transportation challenges. As they carry out the projects, the witnesses have a firsthand view of how federal transportation policies are being implemented by the u. S. Department of transportation. We look forward to building a 21st century infrastructure with our state and local partners. I now recognize you for your opening statement. Thank you very much, mr. Chairman.