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Roosevelt Hearing Room C
Legislative Office Building, Second Floor
Wednesday
December 17, 2008
11:00 a.m.
Albany, New York

ORAL TESTIMONY WILL BE BY INVITATION ONLY

Transportation infrastructure is an important component of the quality of life of the State's residents. A safe and efficient transportation system is necessary to serve the diverse mobility needs of New Yorkers. The quality of the transportation system also is one of many critical factors affecting State and local economic conditions, competitiveness, recovery, and growth. The Federal Highway Administration recently estimated that almost 35,000 jobs are supported for every $1.25 billion in highway capital investment.

To address these needs and advance toward established goals, New York has engaged in multi-year transportation capital planning and has made substantial investments in transportation infrastructure over the years. These investments include appropriations in the 2008-09 State Budget related to the fourth-year of the Department of Transportation Five-Year Capital Program.

This hearing will provide the Assembly Transportation Committee with an opportunity to assess the Department of Transportation Five-Year Capital Program, including current and future transportation capital needs, projects, and goals.

Persons invited to present pertinent testimony to the Committee at the above hearing should complete and return the enclosed reply form as soon as possible. It is important that the reply form be fully completed and returned so that persons may be notified in the event of emergency postponement or cancellation.

In preparing the order of witnesses, the Committee will attempt to accommodate individual requests to speak at particular times in view of special circumstances. These requests should be made on the attached reply form or communicated to Committee staff as early as possible.

Ten copies of any prepared testimony should be submitted at the hearing registration desk. The Committee would appreciate advance receipt of prepared statements.

In order to meet the needs of those who may have a disability, the Assembly, in accordance with its policy of non-discrimination on the basis of disability, as well as the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), has made its facilities and services available to all individuals with disabilities. For individuals with disabilities, accommodations will be provided, upon reasonable request, to afford such individuals access and admission to Assembly facilities and activities.

PUBLIC HEARING REPLY FORM

Persons invited to present testimony at the public hearing on the Impact of the 2008-09 State Budget on Transportation Infrastructure are requested to complete this reply form as soon as possible and mail, e-mail or fax it to:

Najay Roache
Committee Assistant
Assembly Committee on Transportation
AESOB Suite 1147, 80 So. Swan Street
Albany, New York 12248
E-mail: Roachen@assembly.state.ny.us
Phone: (518) 455-4881
Fax: (518) 455-4128

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