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June 4. 2012 

The Honorable Ray LaHood 

Secretary of Transportation 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Ave., SE 

Washington. DC 20590 

RE: Montgomery Regional Airport 

Small Community Air Service Denlopment Grant 

DOT -OST -2012-0069 

Dear Honoroble LaHood: 

AGRICULTURE 

ARMED SERVICES 

EOUCA fiOf\1 AND THE WORKFORCE 

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I have ~n contact~ b,¥ ~presentatives of~lle l\1orllgomery Resional Airport located in 

Montgomery. Alabama~.i n ri::rerent.e t.o\be'Small Como1utrify Air Service Development Grant Program 

administered through your agency.: . As you wril note· from the reference above. the airport has submined an 

application for this grant. · · · · · 

"' Funding tltrough this progran1 would allo\v the Montgomery Regional Airport to improve ilir service 

to the region as it has been historically underserved in air transportation since 2004. These improvements 

would include: meeting the needs of the continued globalizing of the local economy, include the addition of 

air service to Chicago, reduce reli1111ce on the already congested Atlanta-Hartsfield AirpOrt as the major 

gateway into Montgomery. and aid in bringing fare discipline to the Montgomery market where local 

consumers are spending 30% more per ticket than consumers in Binningham. 

t,>lease.know that I am glad to support the referenced application. Please note my interest and grant all 

due and appropriate consideration. You. may reply te m~ · distHct office in Dothan at the following address or 

fa.x number. 

U.S. Representative Manha Roby 

217 Graccland Drive. Suite 5 

Dothan. AL 36305 

JJ-l-671-1480 (fax) 

If you need to reach a member of my stalf. please contact Lori Ward at (33-l} 79~-9680 or.via e-mail 

af ,· ' . .'·' >~d!!til; lij)1•H!'.: :.<lY. Thank you for your attention. to this matter. 

Sincerely. 

1~ Manhu Roby 

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Honorable Ray LaHood 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Ave., SE 

Washington, D.C. 20590 

Dear Secretary LaHood: 

OFFICE Of TilE MAYOR 

Todd Strange. M'!Yor 

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

Service Development (SCASD) Grant, Docket DOT-OST-2012.0069, to improve air service. The amount 

. pf. tJ:l ~ grant js $400,00Q. The Airport Authority will match the required 20%~ or $8(},000. • ~ ~ ~ L • < 

-: . :. This region··has been historkally underserved in air transportation since ;2004 ... Approving this modest .. . .. grant would: . ,. -. , . • Meet the needs of the continued globalizing of the local economy (Hyundai Motor 

Manufa~turing of Alabama and the new Hyundai Heavy Industries manufacturing plants are 

two prime examples); 

• Provide air service from Montgomery to Chicago which will help reduce the 47% passenger 

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

•· Redttce reliance on the conges'ted Atlanta-Hartsfield Airpo~t as .the major gateway into 

Montgomery; and 

• Help bring fare discipline to the Montgomery market (local consumers _ctre· spending 30% more 

per ticket than consumers at Birmingham). 

l strongly b.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 for considering this . - ... 

grant application. 

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Sincerely, / .. _ 

~r~ Todd Strange 

Mayor 

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