U.S. Department of

### Transportation Office ofthe Secretary ofTransportation



### Mr. Eric England Executive PortDirector Caddo BossierPort Commission 6000 Doug Attaway Blvd. Shreveport, LA 71115 DearMr. England: Asslst<tnt S&cretary 

## AUG 212013**···~** ') .-;:_



### Thankyou fur your letter ofJuly addressed to Secretary Foxx; support.ing the proposal submitted by the ShreveportAirport Authority for agrant under the U.S, Department of Transportation's Small Community Ai.r Service Development Program. The Secretary has asked me to respond on his behalf. The Small Community Air

### ServiceDevelopment was established to help smaller communities address air service deficiencies, particularly issues related to high 

### airfares or insufficie11t .service. Underthe statute, the Departmentmay make a maximum. of40 grant 

### awards each year, although no more than four awards may be 

### to communities in

### the same State. 

### In order

### to provide communities with latitude 

### in developing solutions to their air service deficiencies> the statute provides flexibility in the types ofprojects that can be funded. On 

### June 24, 

### the Departmentissued an orderrequesting that communities interested inreceiving a grantthis yearfile their applications by July As 

### these grantrequests are pending before the Department, I 

### cannotcomment on the merit,<;; ofany particularproposal. I 

### assure you that th.e Department will 

### full and fairconsideration to all proposals thathave been properly 

### filed. As is our standard**practice~** 

### I 

### am placing acopy ofyour letter and this response in Docket DOT-OST-20**13~0**

### 120 as acontact outsidethe record ofthis matter. I appreciate your interestin 

## this program. Sincerely yours;

Susan L. 

### Kurland Assistant Secretary fbr 

### Aviation 

### and International 

### Affairs6000 Doug A!towoy Blvd, 

### I Shreveport, LA 71115 

### I P(318}524-2272 

### I F{318}524-2273 

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### The Honorable Anthony Foxx Secretary United States Department ofTransportation 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE washington DC 20590 July 23, 2013

Re: City ofShreveport, Louisiana Small Community Air Service Development grant Dear Secretary Foxx:
Please accept this letter of support for the Shreveport Airport Authority's request to expand airline service through a new route to the**Mi~west** orAtlantic region.
The creation ofthis route is essential for the region served by Shreveport Regional Airport The growing economy of northwest Louisiana, east Texas and southwest Arkansas depends upon Shreveport Regional Airportto provide airline connections for domestic and international travel.
The Port of Caddo-Bossier and the northwest Louisiana community recently announced 

### the $900 million Benteler Steel/Tube, which will bring more than 675 newjobs to the region. Benteler, with over 28,000 employees worldwide, is headquartered in Salzburg, Austria while their Steel Tube Division is headquartered in Paderborn, Germany, In addition, Ronpak recently chose this area as the location for the United States corporate headquarters relocation, Ronpak, in addition to the employment at its corporate headquarters, will employ 255. Air service is an Important factor when it comes to creating such economic activity.
We fully supportthe Shreveport Airport Authority's efforts to create additional airline service on a new route. The approval of Shreveport's Small Community Air Service Development grant request will help the region in meeting the needs for increased airline service. I look forward to working with your team on this grant and offer any assistance in fulfilling this request.

# w:z~ Eric England Executive Port Director EE: haa cc: Commissioner Erica R. Bryant, President

''The Caddo-Bossier Port Commission is an equol opportunity provider." 

### MEMBERS: Erica 

### R.**Bryon~,** 

### President; Capf. Thomas F. 

### Murphy, 

### Vice President; Ernest Baylor, Jr., 

### Secretory-Treasurer; ·Sam N. Gregorio; James 

### D. Hall; James 

### L. 

### Pannell; Rick C. Prescott; Steve 

### Watkins