Benefits for Alabama

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  • 8,600 jobs over the next decade; 13,000 jobs by 2030
  • $97.5 million investment in new Birmingham Regional Intermodal Facility
  • 607,000 fewer long-haul trucks annually on highways
  • 17.4 million fewer gallons of fuel consumed annually
  • 193,000 fewer tons of C02 released annually
  • $59.1 million savings in annual congestion costs for motorists
  • $15 million annual savings from accidents avoided
  • $11.7 million savings in annual highway maintenance costs
  • $55.1 million annual logistics cost savings for Alabama businesses
  • $8 billion in economic development investment by 2030
  • 1,370 route miles
  • 1,450 employees
  • $102 million annual payroll
  • $19.7 million in annual purchases and payments
  • Governor Bob Riley
  • Lieutenant Governor Jim Folsom, Jr.
  • U.S. Senator Richard Shelby
  • U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions
  • U.S. Representative Mike Rogers
  • U.S. Representative Robert Aderholt
  • U.S. Representative Parker Griffith
  • U.S. Representative Spencer Bachus
  • U.S. Representative Artur Davis
  • J.T. "Jabo" Waggoner, Minority Leader, Alabama State Senate
  • Economic Development Association of Alabama
  • Alabama Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.
  • Alabama Poultry and Egg Association
  • Alabama Wholesale Beer Association
  • Birmingham Business Alliance
  • Buddy Moore Trucking
  • Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville-Madison County
  • City of Fort Payne
  • Electric Cities of Alabama
  • Mayor of Huntsville
  • Jackson County Economic Development Association
  • Mayor of Tuscaloosa
  • Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce
  • Morgan County Economic Development Association
  • North Alabama Industrial Development Association
  • Saiia Construction
  • West Alabama Regional Planning Commission
  • J.C. Earnest
  • Alabama State Port Authority
  • Alabama's Office of Workforce Development
  • Seth Hammett, Speaker, Alabama House of Representatives
  • Lowell Barron, Chairman, Alabama Senate Rules Committee
  • Frank McDaniel, Commerce Committee Chairman, Alabama House of Representatives
  • Dr. Samuel N. Addy, Director and Associate Research Economist, University of Alabama,
  • Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, Center for Business and Economic Research
  • Quinton T. Ross, Jr., Deputy Majority Leader, Alabama State Senate
  • Birmingham Metropolitan Planning Organization
  • Birmingham Mayor William A. Bell

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