Hearing
Transportation Bill Listening Session (Jonesboro, AR)
February 24, 2011
NOTE: This is a listening session of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and not an official hearing of the Committee.
•Who: Chairman John L. Mica (R-FL), Rep. Rick Crawford (R-AR) and
other Members of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
•What: Public forum and listening session on long-term highway funding legislation
•When: February 24, 2011; 8:15 p.m. - 10:15 p.m.
•Where: Cooper Alumni Center, Arkansas State University
This listening session and other meetings to be held around the country
will inform the Committee’s drafting of a long-term reauthorization of
the nation’s surface transportation programs. The Committee is seeking
input on how to consolidate and improve the performance of programs, cut
government red tape and streamline the project delivery process,
increase private sector investment in our infrastructure, identify
creative financing alternatives, and other ideas for writing the
legislation. The previous multi-year law (SAFETEA-LU) expired in
September 2009.