RECORD OF MEETING
FREIGHT TASK
FORCE
Attendance:
Mike
Franchini (Albany County), Rocky Ferraro (CDRPC), Lee French (NYSTA), Rob
Griffith (FHWA Albany), Catherine Lawson (SUNY Albany), Ted Thompson (NYSDOT
Region 1), Shannon Van Steenburg (NYSTA), Denise Zieske (Albany Airport), David
Jukins (CDTC), Teresa LaSalle (CDTC), Sree Nampoothiri (CDTC) and Jason Purvis
(CDTC)
CDRPC
– R.
Ferraro reported that Seaboard Trade Centers may soon be the administrator and
provide public relations to the Foreign Trade Zone. CDRPC will remain the Grantee and will pursue
a contract with
C.
Lawson reported that she wrote a paper on the subject of portable parts and
will be making a presentation at TRB.
C.
Lawson also reported that three semesters of funding have been secured to look
at industrial clusters at firms that create truck traffic based on the size of
the firm using GIS. A student has been
hired to assist with this project.
NYSTA- L. French reported that
the Thruway is working with the LCV companies and drivers to change the vehicle
and traffic law regarding what roads tandems weighing 143,000 pounds can travel
so that the companies can enter their own facilities to make/break the tandems.
L.
French also reported that the Thruway is working with trucking companies on
pilot programs that would increase the amount of weight that can be
carried. Examples include larger “super”
tires, and frameless trailers.
Albany
Airport- D.
Zieske reported that the access to the cargo building at
D.
Zieske also reported that the cargo ramp is being expanded to hold one more
plane.
R.
Griffith reported that the FHWA Albany office is working on special permitting
applications and coordinating service operation regulations.
Upcoming Events
CDTC Freight Task Force Meeting:
The next Task Force meeting is scheduled for
Thursday February 2, 2006
at 1:30 at the CDTC offices.