November 2, 2009

NJAC CONFERENCE TO FOCUS ON ECONOMY AND TRANSPORTATION

NJ's Ports, Rails and Roads will be key to recovery and future growth

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TRENTON – Projects planned for improving the state's seaports, airports, rail systems and highways will be critical to its economic recovery and its future growth, experts will say a the upcoming NJAC Conference in December.

“These projects are going to make New Jersey more competitive in the global economy," said Celeste Carpiano, Executive Director of the New Jersey Association of Counties.  "This conference is going to take a broader view of our transportation system and its central importance to the future of this state."

The NJAC Conference, this year on December 11 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Jamesburg, NJ, will feature the New York and New Jersey Port Authority; the Delaware River Port Authority; the New Jersey Turnpike Authority; the New Jersey Transit rail system; the New Jersey Department of Transportation; and the NJ Economic Development Authority.

Invited to speak at the event are Governor Jon Corzine, Assembly Speaker Joseph Roberts, Congressman Bill Pascrell and Port Authority Chairman Tony Coscia. The centerpiece of the day will be a panel discussion by the heads of the major transportation and economic planning agencies, including: Susan Bass Levin, Deputy Executive Director of the NY & NJ Port Authority; John Matheussen, CEO of the Delaware River Port Authority; Dianne Gutierrez-Scaccetti, Executive Director of the Turnpike Authority; Stephen Dilts, NJ Transportation Commissioner; Richard Sarles, Executive Director of NJ Transit; and Caren Franzini, CEO of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority.

*Space is limited for table-top displays and they will be alocated on a first-come-first-serve basis.

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For more information on the New Jersey Association of Counties, visit the NJAC website at www.njac.org, or call the office at 609-394-3467.