Rail project unveiled to boost ITTC economy near Shafter
City officials business owners and politicians gathered to unveil plans for the International Trade and Transportation Center rail project at a groundbreaking last Wednesday. The project will serve ITTC 700 acre industrial park near Shafter and ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. It aims to cut congestion support air quality and create jobs while the city owns the rail system operated by BNSF. Construction is underway with completion hoped for early summer.
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International Trade and Transportation Center
Luke Allen
Allen Group
ITTC
Shafter
Standard Road
Santa Fe Way
San
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Allen
Rudy Soliz
Dean Florez
Bnsf Railway
Shafter rail facility billing sparks state bill action
Senator Dean Florez introduced Senate Bill 1010 to let Shafter form a governing body to operate the California Integrated Logistics Center aimed at easing port congestion and highway traffic. The project partners include the City of Shafter the Port of Oakland and Northwest Container Services Inc. Proceeds would fund public projects benefiting Shafter residents and municipal needs. The plan envisions improving homeland security by more evenly distributing port traffic and moving goods inland by rail from crowded Southern California ports.
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Dean Florez
Shafter
City of
California Integrated Logistics Center
CILC
CLIC
Florez
California
Central Valley
Shafter Police Join Effort to Curb Drunk Driving
Kern County law enforcement agencies including Arvin Bakersfield Bear Valley California City CSU Bakersfield Delano Ridgecrest Shafter Stallion Springs Taft and Kern County Sheriff join CHP for a $180000 Avoid 11 DUI crackdown from Dec 16 to Jan 6 2006 with checkpoints and task forces funded by the California Office of Traffic Safety. John Zrofsky leads the grant administration with an Operations Committee and an Executive Committee guiding the effort. For details contact Zrofsky or Officer Moises Martinez at 746-6341.
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Kern County
Shafter
California Highway Patrol
California Office of Traffic Safety
Business Transportation and Housing Agency
Arvin
Bakersfield
Bear Valley
California City
California State University
Delano
Ridgecrest
Stallion Springs
Taft
Sheriff’s Department
CHP
John Zrofsky
Zrofsky
Moises Martinez
Site approved for new hangar at Minter Field
Minter Field Air District approved a southeast corner site for a 48 by 48 foot hangar to store two WWII aircraft, the 1943 L-3B Aeronca Grasshopper and BT-13 Vultee Valiant. The museum plans airshows, future expansion, and volunteer help, with funding from airshows and contributions by Bill Destefani.
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Minter Field
Apcoo
Dean Craun
Minter Field Air Museum
Cram
Craun
Minnesota
Bill “Tiger’ Destefani
Cramn
Mfam
Minte
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Skip” Kalb, Jr
Zack Scrivner
Assembly
Kevin McCarthy
Cathy Prout
Fran Florez
Shafter PD
Shafter Press
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