AID SOUGHT FOR ROADS AND AIRPORT; MCKEON LEADS LOBBYING.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Daily News Staff Writer Rep. Howard ``Buck'' McKeon is lobbying for federal transportation money on two fronts - the air and the ground, he said Monday. The Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, Republican said he is pushing for development of the Palmdale Regional Airport over a counterproposal coun·ter·pro·pos·al n. A proposal offered to nullify or substitute for a previous one. Noun 1. counterproposal - a proposal offered as an alternative to an earlier proposal to expand Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX . McKeon also said he is continuing to lobby Congress to slash funding to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority if the three cities The Three Cities is a collective description of the three fortified cities of Cospicua, Vittoriosa, and Senglea on the Island of Malta, which are enclosed by the massive line of fortification created by the Knights of St John, the Cottonera Lines. in his district - Santa Clarita, Palmdale and Lancaster - do not receive a share of MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. money for road improvements. ``We've got the land, the people and the geography'' to support a regional airport in northern Los Angeles County, McKeon said during a meeting with the editorial board of the Daily News. ``The question we have to ask is are we trying to expand LAX or are we trying to fix a regional problem.'' Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan and that city's Department of Airports are drafting plans to expand LAX to meet a projected 30 percent growth in passengers over the next 10 years. The LAX master plan for $12 billion in development is set to be released in September. McKeon argues that residents of the northern San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. and the Santa Clarita and Antelope valleys - even outlying areas such as Ventura and Bakersfield - would use a regional airport in Palmdale. The project could include a high-speed rail to take passengers to Palmdale. In the end, the cost would be comparable to expansion of LAX, he said. ``But somebody has to take the time and think about it,'' McKeon said. ``It doesn't take much to figure out that $1 billion in Palmdale goes a lot farther than $1 billion at LAX.'' Is the congressman optimistic? ``There's always a chance,'' he said. ``But the mayor (Riordan) is a pretty powerful guy.'' In highway transit, McKeon said he is lobbying colleagues in an effort to prevent the MTA from receiving $100 million in federal Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-240; ISTEA, pronounced Ice-Tea) is a United States federal law that posed a major change to transportation planning and policy, as the first U.S. money if the MTA does not disburse dis·burse tr.v. dis·bursed, dis·burs·ing, dis·burs·es To pay out, as from a fund; expend. See Synonyms at spend. [Obsolete French desbourser, from Old French desborser state money to cities. The $100 million is earmarked for the downtown Red Line subway. MTA officials argue that the agency is responsible for financing and building regional transit projects and is not required to share funding with cities within its service area. |
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