U.S. Department ofTransportation Office of the Secretary ofTransportation


## SEP ll 2014
Mr. Eric England Executive Port Director Caddo BossierPort Commission 6000 Doug Attaway Boulevard Shreveport, LA 71115 DearMr. England: Assistant Secretary 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC20590

Thank you for your letter, addressed to Secretary Foxx, supporting the proposal submitted by Shreveport Airport Authority for a grant under the U.S. Department ofTransportation's Small Community Air Service Development Program. Secretary Foxx asked that Irespond to you on his behalf. The Small Community Air Service DevelopmentProgram was establishedto help smaller communities address air service deficiencies, particularly issues related to high airfares and insufficient service. Underthe statute, the Departmentmay make a maximum of40 grant awards each year, although no more than four may be to commtmities in the same State. To provide communities with latitude in developing solutions to their air service deficiencies, the statute provides flexibility inthe types ofair service development projects that can be funded. On June 30, the Department issued ::m order setting a deadline ofJuly 31 for applications. As these grantrequests are pending before the Depmtment, I cannot commenton the merits ofany particularproposal. I assure you, however, that the Department will give full and fair consideration to all proposals that have beenproperly filed. As is our standardpractice, I am placing a copy ofyour letter and this response in Docket DOT-OST-2014-0113 as a contact outside the record ofthis matter. l appreciate your interest in this progrmn. Sincerely yours,

Susan 

### L. Kurland Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs

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### The Honorable Anthony Foxx Secretary, U.S. Department of

### Transportation 1200NewJersey Ave.• SE Washington DC 20590 

### Dear Secretary Foxx, Ju1y 25, 2014

Thank you tor 

### your consideration of

### the ShreveportAirpmt Authority's

### request to expand air service through a new route 

### to ahub in the UpperMidwest or East Coast region. The creation ofthis route is essential for the economic vitality ofthe region served by 

### Shreveport Regional Airport The growing economy of Northwest Louisiana, East Texas and Southwest Arkansas depends upon Shreveport Regional Airport to provide airline connections to/from the United States and to the wotld. The Caddo Bossier Parishes Port Commission, along with the companies that employ over 

### 1,200 peOj)le and are located within our 2,300 acre industrial park, would benefit greatly from new routes and more air travel options. The Shreveport Regional Airport is an important factor 

### in our city's growth, development, and overall health. The approval ofShreveport's Small Community Air 

### Service Development grant request 

### will help the region 

### itt meeting its needs for increased airline service. We fully support the Shreveport Airport Authority's efforts 

## to recruit additional air sel'vice on a new, currently unserved, route and invite you and any member ofyou staffto contact us regarding such. Until such time, we remain

England Executive Port Director 

### EE: haa cc: Capt. CommissionerThomas F. Murphy, President
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