Forum on Route 219 Expansion Thursday

Senator Catharine Young will be hosting a roundtable discussion this Thursday with key transportation, tourism, labor, logistics, education, banking and health care officials from around the region to discuss the importance of completing the NY Route 219/Continental 1 expansion project in New York.

The “Route 219: Road to Our Future” forum will focus on finding ways to improve the state, local and regional efforts for reviving the north-south expressway project that is hoped to open the region to new trade markets that will bring new jobs and economic development opportunities.

A completed Route 219/Continental 1 will provide Western New York with a nationally significant trade corridor connection from Toronto to Miami using 1,300 miles of completed interstate highways. Completing approximately 20 miles of Route 219 is the essential connection for the New York State portion of the route.

Senator Young, joined by members of the Western New York Legislative Delegation, will host Thursday’s forum that is scheduled from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at the Mahoney State Office Building in Buffalo.

Confirmed speakers include:

Meg Lauerman
Project Manager
Continental 1

James Manno
Vice President Sales and Marketing
Sonwil Distribution Center, Inc.

Alan Pero
International Supervisor
International Union of Operating Engineers #17

Patrick J. Whalen
Chief Operating Officer
Buffalo Niagara Medical Center

Kathryn Bryk Friedman, Ph.D., Esq.
Deputy Director
University at Buffalo Regional Institute

John L. Manzella
President
Manzella Trade Communications

Stephen F. Mayer, Ph.D., P.E.
Assistant Professor-College of Business Administration
Director-Technology Commercialization Clinic

Art Hile
Finance Director, Americas and Asia Pacific
Dresser-Rand Group, Inc.

Dennis A. Eshbaugh
President/General Manager
Holiday Valley Mountain Resort & Conference Center

G. Henry Cook
President and CEO
Somerset Trust Company

Doug Dimitroff
Partner & Telecommunications Team Leader
Phillips Lytle LLP

Richard Forrestel, Sr.
Coldspring Construction Company & Member of FAIR
(Fair Apportionment of Infrastructure Revenues Committee)

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