reasons for doing so: Allegheny County Chief Executive, Rich
Fitzgerald; Cambria County Commissioners Thomas Chernisky, B.J.
Smith and Mark J. Wissinger; Mifflin County Commissioners Lisa
Nancollas, Stephen Dunkle and Kevin Kodish; Westmoreland County
Commissioners Charles Anderson, Tyler Courtney and Ted Kopas;
Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission Chair, Steve Craig;
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto; Johnstown Mayor Frank Janakovic;
Director, Johnstown Community and Economic Development, Renee
Daly; President, Greater Johnstown/Cambria County Chamber of
Commerce, Robert Layo; Coordinator, Lift Johnstown, Brad
Clemenson; Executive Director, Greater Johnstown/Cambria County
Convention and Visitors Bureau, Lisa Rager; President, Blair
County Chamber of Commerce, Joseph Hurd; President,
VisitPittsburgh, Craig Davis; and Chairman, Modern Transit
Partnership, Marshall Stevens; and
WHEREAS, The existing one train a day between Harrisburg and
Pittsburgh has excellent ridership but does not meet the
transportation needs of residents in the western communities
along the line and many others who depend upon passenger rail
service to travel; and
WHEREAS, Given the existing rail line, adding service would
not require entirely new rail infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, SECTION 5 OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET DEBT AUTHORIZATION
AND PROJECT ITEMIZATION ACT OF 2000-2001 (ACT 27 OF 2000),
ITEMIZATION OF TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE PROJECTS, ADDED THREE
LINE ITEMS TO INCREASE CAPACITY FOR FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TRAINS
BY ADDING A THIRD TRACK, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
ENGINEERING, TRACK CONSTRUCTION, REALIGNMENT, GRADING, DRAINAGE,
COMMUNICATIONS AND SIGNAL AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED COSTS, IN
THREE DISTRICT SEGMENTS; AND
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