Press Releases

2024

First New Segment of I-27 Approved

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FY24 Mini-Appropriations Bill Brings $29.165 Million to Ports-to-Plains Alliance Projects

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I-27 Numbering Act of 2023 (S.992) Passes Final Action in U.S. Senate Allocating an Official Name to the Ports-to-Plains Corridor

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2023

1-27 Numbering Act of 2023 (H.R. 3209/S.992) Passes in U.S. House Allocating an Official Name to the Ports-to-Plains Corridor

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US Senator Ted Cruz Introduces Legislation to Name Ports-to-Plains Corridor

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H.R. 2617 to Allocate Funding to Ports-to-Plains Highway Texas Corridor

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2022

US Designates Future Interstate 27 Part of the Interstate Highway System

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2021

H.B. 3675 Introduced

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S.B. 1474 Introduced

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S. 705 Introduced

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H.R. 1608 Introduced

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2020

US Representatives Arrington and Cuellar File HR 7151 to Designate Future Extension of I-27 adding $55.6B to the Texas GDP

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US Senator Cory Gardner Introduces Ports‐to‐Plains Highway Act to Designate Future Interstate along the Ports‐to‐Plains Corridor

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Study Finds Investment in Four‐Lane Highway Leads to Nearly 1,100 Trucks Diverted Daily from I‐25

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2019

Governor Greg Abbott Signs Texas House Bill 1079

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2017

Congressman Kevin Cramer (ND), Joins Congressional Ports-to-Plains Caucus

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Senator Deb Fischer (NE), co-chairs Congressional Ports-to-Plains Caucus

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Congressman Ken Buck (CO-04), Joins Congressional Ports-to-Plains Caucus

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Congressman Adrian Smith (NE-3), co-chairs Congressional Ports-to-Plains Caucus

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Congressman Jodey Arrington (TX-19), co-chairs Congressional Ports-to-Plains Caucus

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Interstate 27 Was the Focus at the Ports-to-Plains Alliance Annual Conference in Lubbock

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Lubbock Economic Development Alliance Co-hosts 2017 Ports-to-Plains Annual Conference and 20th Anniversary Celebration

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President’s 2018 Infrastructure Initiative and Rural America

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TransCanada Hosts Ports-to-Plains Alliance President

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2016

Ports‐to‐Plains Alliance Asks Communities to Support I‐27 Extension

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Corridor Signage for Ports‐to‐Plains and Heartland Expressway

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WYDOT Recommends Heartland Expressway as Critical to Rural Freight Movement

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TXDOT Recommends Ports‐to‐Plains as Critical to Rural Freight Movement

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SDDOT Recommends Heartland Expressway and Theodore Roosevelt Expressway as Critical to Rural Freight Movement

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NDDOT Recommends Theodore Roosevelt Expressway as Critical to Rural Freight Movement

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MDT Recommends Theodore Roosevelt Expressway as Critical to Rural Freight Movement

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CDOT Recommends Ports‐to‐Plains as Critical to Rural Freight Movement

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Ports‐to‐Plains pleased to see Senate move forward with highway bill

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Colorado Legislature Starts Strong… Fails in the End on Transportation

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FHWA releases Rural Freight Corridor Guideline

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Ports‐to‐Plains, LEDA host Energy and Ag Summit

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Ports‐to‐Plains: Staying Current

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State Transportation Funding and Ports‐to‐Plains

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Federal Transportation Funding and Ports‐to‐Plains

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Ports‐to‐Plains, LEDA host Energy and Ag Summit

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Manufacturing and Distribution Impacts of Ports‐to‐Plains

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Maintaining and Expanding Colorado’s Statewide Transportation System: A Rural Perspective

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Local and State Tax Revenues Impacts of Ports‐to‐Plains

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