Transportation Secretary LaHood to Address Municipal Officials at NLC Conference

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Feb 19, 2010, 09:00 ET

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- US Department of Transportation Secretary Raymond H. "Ray" LaHood will speak with municipal officials during the National League of Cities' (NLC) Congressional City Conference on March 15. Secretary LaHood is expected to discuss reauthorization of the federal surface transportation program and efforts to coordinate investments in infrastructure as part of the President's jobs creation agenda.

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The Congressional City Conference is NLC's annual legislative meeting which provides local officials the opportunity to lobby Congress on federal priorities, as well as those most important to their communities. The conference also features general sessions with national leaders and a range of educational, networking and strategy sessions. The conference will be held March 13-17 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC.

For more information on the conference, visit http://www.nlccongressionalcityconference.org/.

Reauthorizing the federal surface transportation program will not only make money available to cities for road and bridge projects, public transportation projects and passenger and freight rail projects, but it will also create jobs and help the nation's economic recovery.

"State and local governments own and operate the vast majority of our nation's transportation systems. It is essential that they receive the needed funding for repairs and improvements to ensure our nation's safety and economic recovery," said Donald Borut, NLC's executive director. "We are eager to hear Secretary LaHood's plans for reauthorizing the federal surface transportation program and how municipalities and the Department of Transportation can work together to make that a reality."

The National League of Cities is the nation's oldest and largest organization devoted to strengthening and promoting cities as centers of opportunity, leadership and governance. NLC is a resource and advocate for 19,000 cities, towns and villages, representing more than 218 million Americans.

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