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### 20515-0102 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 · 

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### 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!'.:** : . <l Y. Thank you for your attention
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### Honorable Ray LaHood U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New 

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### 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



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### grant js $400,00Q. 

### The Airport Authority will match the required**20%~** 

### or $8(},000.

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# -: . :. This region··has been historkally underserved in air transportation since ;2004
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### Approving this modest

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# . • 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 

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# 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 

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### 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



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# ~r~ Todd Strange Mayor

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