Letter to Jane Williams, Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration - Young, Donnelly, Visclosky Urge Support for South Shore West Lake Expansion Project

Letter

Dear Administrator Williams,

We write today to express our continued support for the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District's (NICTD) proposed West Lake Corridor Project.

We thank you and your dedicated staff for the leadership and direction provided to NICTD as they worked to produce an application that satisfies the agency's financial and technical requirements.

It is our understanding that the application demonstrates the project's forecasted economic impact as well as its financial capacity, including the requirement that one hundred percent of the nonfederal funding is dedicated with no further action needed by local and state entities. We remain confident that this project will serve our nation as a model to show how support from local communities and federal transportation infrastructure programs can maximize the return of private sector economic investments from taxpayer dollars.

We ask that the submitted request be considered as expeditiously as possible, per the direction prescribed under applicable laws and regulations, and that the rating be swiftly determined in order to allow the project to progress from the Capital Investment Grant program's Project Development Phase and into the Engineering Phase.

Again, thank you for your commitment to assisting Hoosier stakeholders successfully interface with the Capital Investment Grant program. If we may be of any assistance to you, please do not hesitate to contact us directly.

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