Let your voice be heard. The Senate Transportation and Homeland Security committee will convene a public hearing at NCTCOG in late August. Here is your opportunity to share suggestions and concerns with members of this important committee.
See the notice below for the agenda and other information.
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SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE: Transportation & Homeland Security
TIME & DATE: 10:00 AM, Thursday, August 20, 2009
PLACE: NCTCOG offices, Arlington, Texas
CHAIR: Senator John Carona
The Senate Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security will convene in Arlington, Texas, at the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) offices on August 20, 2009. The NCTCOG building is located at 616 Six Flags Drive, Arlington, Texas, 76011, and the Committee will meet in the Transportation Council Room on the first floor. The Committee will receive invited testimony from entities including:
- – The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security
- – The Governor’s Division of Emergency Management
- – The Texas Adjutant General’s Department
- – The Texas Department of Public Safety
- – The Texas Department of State Health Services
- – The Texas Department of Transportation
- – The Texas Transportation Institute (TTI)
Topics to be discussed may include, but are not limited to, border security, traffic safety, the H1N1 virus, the TxDOT management audit, HOV lanes, stimulus funding, high speed rail, transportation finances, the TTI Mobility Report, and updates on agency activities.
The Committee will also receive public testimony. If you would like to testify, please limit oral remarks to 3 minutes. If you would like to submit written testimony, please submit 15 copies, with your name on each copy, to the Committee Staff at the hearing.