Washington, DC,

March 11 - 13, 2009,

PPPs and the New Surface Transportation Reauthorisation Legislation - The Government-Industry Forum on PPP Developments in the United States

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Against the backdrop of President-elect Barack Obama's huge stimulus plan, the value of which has been variously estimated at between $600 billion and just short of $1 trillion - a significant proportion of which will be targeted at transportation and traditional infrastructure - next year's PPP USA Summit is being held at an extraordinary time for States and all those involved in the US transportation markets. The new funds should ensure in-progress and fast-tracked infrastructure projects are not delayed. It is anticipated that by leveraging in private sector funding alongside federal funds, the impact of the stimulus spending will be magnified considerably.

However, the stimulus spending will not address all the long-term problems posed by the nation's rapid population and traffic growth. Root and branch reform of the Surface Transportation Act that will happen during the course of 2009 will hopefully meet these challenges. This reform will need to address how to fund the much needed, long-term investment in America's transport infrastructure (including the future of the gas tax), how Federal transport programs can be improved, the interplay between emerging environmental and transport policies and how PPP can be refined to address public interest concerns.

Organized with the official support of the Federal Department of Transportation, this well-established annual summit - the fifth in the series - will examine all these issues in the round. It provides a platform for federal and state representatives to meet with private sector experts in order to share their ideas on, and experience of, the development and implementation of PPP projects throughout the USA. The conference will present details of emerging PPP programs and discuss solutions to some of the more intractable problems involved in making PPPs work in this challenging market, while the Pre-Conference Seminar will look at the fundamentals of successful PPP programs and projects and include a number of new sessions relevant to current market conditions.

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Posted by dcjaya at March 11, 2009 4:33 PM