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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
| State Rep. Mike Sturla Chairman, Democratic Policy Committee |
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MEDIA ADVISORY
Democratic Policy Committee to hold public hearing
on transportation Wednesday in Pittsburgh
PennDOT Secretary Schoch and Port Authority CEO Bland to testify
HARRISBURG, Jan. 6 – House Democratic Policy Committee Chairman Mike Sturla, D-Lancaster, announced today that the committee will hold a public hearing on transportation issues from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11 in Point Park University’s Lawrence Hall Ballroom, Third Floor, 201 Wood St., Pittsburgh.
State Reps. Jake Wheatley Jr., and Paul Costa, both D-Allegheny, requested the hearing and will serve as co-chairmen. The hearing will look at western Pennsylvania’s transportation infrastructure needs and recommendations included in the governor’s Transportation Funding Advisory Commission’s report issued last August.
The current hearing agenda is:
- 10 a.m. – Welcome and opening remarks
- 10:10 a.m. – Panel One from Pennsylvania Department of Transportation:
Ø Barry Schoch, P.E., secretary
Ø Dan Cessna, District 11 executive
- 10:40 a.m. – Steve Bland, chief executive officer, Port Authority of Allegheny County
- 11 a.m. – James McCarville, executive director, Port of Pittsburgh Commission
- 11:20 a.m. – Mariann Geyer, vice president for external affairs, Point Park University
- 11:30 a.m. – Panel Two:
Ø Ken Zapinski, senior vice president of energy & infrastructure, Allegheny Conference on Community Development
Ø Jeremy Waldrup, president and CEO, Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership
- 12 p.m. – Panel Three:
Ø Richard Barcaskey, executive director, Constructors Association of Western PA
Ø Gary Hoffman, P.E., executive director, PA Asphalt Pavement Association
- 12:30 p.m. – Panel Four:
Ø Joe Kirk, executive director, The Mon Valley Progress Council Inc.
Ø Chris Sandvig, regional policy manager, the Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group
- 1 p.m. – Closing remarks
The hearing is open to the public and media coverage is invited.