U.S. Department of Transportation Office of the Secretory of Transportation


### The Honorable Todd Strange tvlayor ofMontgomery Montgomct;y; AL 36101-1111 Dear Mayor Strange: ,..: 

### ...... Assistant Sacratary



### Juky 3, 2012 1**~00** New Jersay Aver.ue. SE 'llasrw;gtor.. DC 20590



### Thankyou lor your letter addressed to Secretary LaHood supporting the proposal submitted by the Montgomery Regional Airport for a grant 

### under the 

### U.S. Dermrtment of

### Transportation's Small Cdti1munity Air Service Development Program. The Se.cretary 

### has requested 

### that**~.** 

### respond on 

### his behalf. · The Small Community Air Service I)e,;elopment Program was established to help smaller communities address air service deficiencies, particularly issues related to high airfares or insufficient service. Under the statute, the Department may make a maximum of40 

### grant awards each vear. althouuh no more than 4 awards mav be to communities in the same State.

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### order to provide communities \\·ith latitude in developing solutions to their air service dc4icicncics. the statute provides flexibility ip the types ofprojects that 

### C<:l_l be funded. On May 15, 

### the Department issued an order requesting that communities interested in receiving a 

### grant this year lilc their applications by June 1I. 

### As these grant requests are pending before the Ol.!partmcnt. I 

### cannot comment on the merits ofany particular proposal. I 

### assure you that the Department will give t'ull 

### and fair consideration tcrnll proposals that haw 

### been pr.operl;r tiled. As 

### is our 

### normal practice, I 

### am placing a copy 

# oryour letter and this response in Docket DOT-OST-20 

### 12-0069 as a contact outside the record 

# orthis matter. I appreciate your interest in this program. Sincerely yours.

Susan L. 

### Kurland Assistant**S~.:cn;tary** 

### t'ur Aviation and International Arti1irs

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Honorable Ray LaHood U.S. DepartmentofTransportation 1200 

### New Jersey Ave., SE Washington, D.C. 20590 June 8, 2012

..**D~ar** Secretary LaHoocJ:

The Montgomery Regional Airport, Montgomery, Alabama, is applying for a Small Community Air

.....**~ervice** Development (SCASD) Grant, OocketOOT-OST-2012·0069, to improve air service. The amount 

### ;**.~(t~~ s.ra~f~s** **$400~00Q.** The**Airpo~~ A~tl:\ority** **~ill** match the required**20%~** qr. $80;0po..
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,... -,. .-:: 'This:region'has been historically underserved

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### this modest**~** grant would: . . •. 

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# . ·. • Meet the needs of the continued. globalizing. of the local economy (Hyundai Motor Manufac;turing of Alabama and the new Hyundai Heavy Industries manufacturing plants are two primeexamples); • Provide air service from Montgomery to Chicago which will help reduce the 47% passenger

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leakage rate to Birmingham, AL, and Atlanta, GA;



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### .. •·. 'Reduce reliance 

## on the ·conges'fed Atlanta-Hartsfield

### Airpo~t .

# as· .the major gateway into Monlgnmery; and • Help bring fare discipline to the Montgomery market (local**consumers_d~e: spen~ing**  

### 40% more per ticket than consumers at Birmingham). l strongly. O,elieve that approving this grant will add jobs to our local economy and dramatically improve 'air transportation for Montgomery and the River Region. Thank you fc;>r considering this

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### . 510-120621-020: Sincerely, · ..

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# . Todd Strange · Mayor



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