CFC to Support Permanent Public Sector Group for Upper Midwest Region Transportation Coordination.
Tue, 08/10/2004Representatives of 7 states and 2 provinces will meet at Chicago, August 10-11, 2004 for the final workshop on the Upper Midwest Freight Corridor Study. The Study is set for release in October, 2004. Since late 2002, these workshops and advisory committee meetings have served as a forum for looking at freight from a regional perspective. Participants from the public, private and academic sectors have identified the coming challenges to mobility which threaten to stifle the economy of the region. The Study report will identify and quantify needs and opportunities, through cooperative coordination at a regional level, to assure a transportation system adequate to support the economy of the region. At the August workshop, CCFC will encourage the public sector representatives of the states and provinces (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, Manitoba and Ontario) to take the steps necessary to establish a permanent public sector forum to implement coordination and cooperation on transportation and mobility issues at the regional level. CCFC will report its progress and determination, guided by a resolution of the Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce Transportation Committee and CCFC's Exploratory Committee, to establish the Central Corridors Freight Committee as the complementary private sector organization for sharing experiences, expertise and views of the purchasers and providers of freight transportation and logistic services. For additional details, seewww.uppermidwestfreight.org and www.centralcorridors.com.