THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, DC 20590 

The Honorable Dan Hollingsworth 

Mayor of Ruston 

401 North Trenton Street 

Ruston, LA 71273 

Dear Mayor Hollingsworth: 

September 19, 2014 

Thank you for your letter supporting the application submitted by Monroe Regional Airport for a 

grant under the U.S. Department ofTranspoiiation's Small Community Air Service 

Development Program. 

The Small Community Air Service Development Program was established to help smaller 

communities address air service deficiencies, particularly issues related to high airfares and 

insufficient service. Under the statute, the Department may make a max.imum of 40 grant 

awards each year, although no more than four may be to communities in the same State. To 

provide communities with latitude in developing solutions to their air service deficiencies, the 

statute provides flexibility in the types of air service development projects that can be funded. 

On June 30, the Department issued an order setting a deadline of July 31 for applications. As 

these grant requests are pending before the Depattment, l cannot comment on the merits of any 

particular proposal. I assure you, however, that the Department will give full and fair 

consideration to all proposals that have been properly filed. 

As is our standard practice, I am placing a copy of your letter and this response in Docket 

DOT~OST~2014~0113 as a contact outside the record of this matter. I appreciate your interest in 

this program. 

Anthony ~ R. Foxx 
CITY OF RUSTON 

Mayor Dan Hollingsworth 

July 29, 20 14 

The Honorable Anthony R. Foxx 

Secretary 

US Department ofTransportation 

1200 New Jersey A venue 

Washington DC 20590 

Board of Aldermen 

Glenda Howard • District 1 

Rosalind Jones ·District < 

Jedtf lewis • District 3 

Jim Pear<:e • District 4 

Mar.e Riggs • Distntt 5 

Subject: Monroe Regional Airport's application for funding under the Small Community Air Service 

Development Program for 2014 

Dear Secretary Foxx: 

I am writing to express my strong support for the application submitted by the Monroe Regional Airport in 

Louisiana for funding under the Small Community Air Service Development Program (SCASDP). The 

Monroe Regional Airport has submitted this application to help secure low-cost, non-stop jet service to 

one or more major destinations for Northeastern Louisiana, Southern Arkansas, and Western Mississippi. 

As you know, the Monroe Regional Airport is an important local and regional community economic 

engine in Louisiana. Federal funding under the Small Community Air Service Development Program will 

go a long way in helping expand jet service to more destinations in the United States from the Monroe 

Regional Airport, such as a new route from Monroe to Denver. 

Once again, I support the Monroe Regional Airport's application under the Small Community Air Service 

Development Program. I respectfully request your full and fair consideration for this proposal. Thank 

you for your time and consideration in this matter. 

Dan HoHingsworth 

DH/gl 

401 North Trenton Street • Post Office Box 2069 ·Ruston. louisiana 71273· 2069 

Phone: 318.251.8621 • Fax: 318.251.8612 • Mayor@ruston.org 

www.ruston.org