Number
100127
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
091030
Sponsor
ALD. WITKOWSKI
Title
Resolution expressing the City of Milwaukee’s support for H.R. 5236, federal legislation to ensure that projects that help establish aerotropolis transportation systems are eligible for funding under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Act: A Legacy for Users.
Analysis
This resolution expresses the City of Milwaukee’s support for U.S. House of Representatives bill H.R. 5236, legislation to ensure that projects that help establish aerotropolis transportation systems are eligible for funding under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Act: A Legacy for Users, a federal funding and authorization bill that provides resources to maintain and improve the surface transportation system in the United States.
Body
Whereas, An aerotropolis is a form of urban development consisting of a multimodal transportation network centered on a major airport, together with a substantial concentration of businesses that depend on or benefit from the connectivity, speed and agility afforded by this transportation infrastructure; and
Whereas, Air commerce-related businesses that often locate in an aerotropolis include time-sensitive manufacturing, e-commerce fulfillment, telecommunications, logistics, offices and hospitality establishments (hotels and conference centers); and
Whereas, Aerotropolises have the potential to be powerful engines of economic growth and job creation in the urban regions in which they are developed; and
Whereas, Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International Airport, which is in close proximity to several major highways, two trunk railroads and the Port of Milwaukee, is ideally situated to foster development of an aerotropolis in southeastern Milwaukee County; and
Whereas, On December 22, 2009, the Milwaukee Common Council adopted File Number 091030, a resolution expressing the City of Milwaukee’s support for the creation and operation...
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