New Jersey Alliance for Action

Another key meeting for New Jersey


The Alliance for Action is once again playing a leading role in educating federal leaders about the importance of transportation infrastructure in New Jersey. The Alliance hosted a special, private reception with Representative James Oberstar of Minnesota on March 24. Oberstar is the ranking minority leader on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and will be a key figure during reauthorization of the TEA-21 federal transportation-funding program. Before and after the luncheon, Congressman Oberstar had a full day of meetings at which the importance of transportation funding to New Jersey was stressed. Those meetings	Congressman Jim Oberstar speaks at the special Alliance for Action luncheon in his honor. View Photo Gallery
kicked off with a visit with New Jersey Institute of Technology President Robert Altenkirch to hear a presentation about the International Intermodal Corridor. Congressman Oberstar was also taken to a meeting with Bayonne Mayor Joseph Doria for a tour of the Peninsula at Bayonne (the former Military Ocean Terminal) and to Elizabeth for a review of the Kapkowski Road Project and the Jersey Gardens Mall. TEA-21 expires this year and New Jersey faces stiff competition from southern and western states for a fair share of federal transportation dollars in the renewal legislation. Congressman Oberstar was accompanied on the tours by Alliance for Action President Phil Beachem and former New Jersey Congressman Bob Roe, who served as Chairman of the House Transportation Committee. Several key members of the business, labor and government communities attended the special luncheon, including New Jersey Congressmen Bill Pascrell and Steven Rothman, and John Hibbs, the President and Business Manager of Heavy and General Construction Laborers Local Union 472.

Just after introducing him to speak at the Alliance's special luncheon in his honor, former Congressman Bob Roe greets Congressman Jim Oberstar.		New Jersey Congressman Steve Rothman (L) and Bill Pascrell (R) discussed transportation details with Congressman Oberstar.

After lunch, Congerssman Oberstar, former Congressman Roe, Alliance for Action President Phil Beachem (back left) and select others took a tour of critical transportation projects in New Jersey.		Speaking at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, former New Jersey Congressman Bob Roe makes a point during his presentation to Congressman Jim Oberstar about the importance of the International Intermodal Corridor in New Jersey.

Congressman Jim Oberstar met Bayonne Mayor Joe Doria at City Hall before taking a tour of the Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor.		Congressman Oberstar makes a point to Alliance for Action President Phil Beachem during a private meeting at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

John Hibbs, President and Business Manager of Heavy and General Construction Laborers Local Union 472 discuss North Jersey transportation before lunch. Local 472 sponsored the reception.