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原文传递 Kentucky Holds Third Riverport Freight Summit

题名：	Kentucky Holds Third Riverport Freight Summit
正文语种：	eng
作者：	SHELLEY BYRNE
摘要：	The last of three Kentucky riverport freight summits designed to improve communication between the state's riverport officials and economic developers and to better understand the 11 public ports' resources, needs and potential for investment to bring about more jobs took place online August 31-September 2.The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet hosted the Statewide Strategy for Kentucky Riverport Investment summit as part of its Kentucky Riverports, Highway and Rail Freight Study, which has been ongoing since early 2020.In a recorded welcome to participants, Transportation Secretary Jim Gray said the study is important in part because it gives the state a focus for how to most effectively invest in its riverports.Mikael Pelfrey, director of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's division of planning, said the summit took place at a critical point in the study as it is a last opportunity to engage stakeholders. Both a final report and a marketing toolkit are due to be delivered to each riverport, along with state officials, in October. Pelfrey noted that the last study, in 2008, led to the creation of the Kentucky Water Transportation Advisory Board and dedicated annual grant money for riverport funding.
出版年：	2021
期刊名称：	The Waterways Jouranl
卷：	135
期：	23