Today, gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe released the fifth chapter of his Business Plan for Virginia, which highlights his plans to modernize Virginia's transportation system. Discussing the need for expanded rail, including high-speed, and modernizing the Port of Virginia, McAuliffe said improved transportation would be critical to Virginia's economic growth.
"A 21st Century transportation system is essential to growing Virginia's economy," McAuliffe said. "We cannot attract new industries and the good jobs they would create without the guarantee that business will be able to move goods and services quickly. That's why I'm proposing a different approach - one that is focused on getting cars off the roads and encouraging intermodal forms of transportation."
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Gov. Candidate McAuliffe Shares Vision for Virginia
March 11th, 2009
The Falls Church News-Press
By Nicholas F. Benton
Why does a man running for governor of Virginia want to talk about the Panama Canal? Terry McAuliffe does.
McAuliffe, who brings quasi-rock star status to the heated three-way race for the Democratic nomination to run for governor this year, likes the big picture, likes to look over the top of the backyard fence and to see what's coming, and to focus his considerable energies on making plans. He's running against Former Del. Brian Moran and State Sen. Creigh Deeds in the June Democratic primary.
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