[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 113 (Friday, July 24, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1968]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                          HON. WALTER B. JONES

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 23, 2009

  Mr. JONES. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information 
regarding project funding I received as part of H.R. 3288, the 
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2010:
  Rep. Walter B. Jones
  Project: To extend 10th Street from Dickinson Avenue to Stantonsburg 
Road in Greenville, NC
  Recipient: North Carolina Department of Transportation
  Account: Federal Highway Administration--Transportation & Community & 
System Preservation
  Amount: $500,000
  Explanation: The project will extend 10th Street from its current 
terminus at Dickinson Avenue to Stantonsburg Road at Memorial Drive. 
This will significantly reduce traffic congestion in the downtown 
Greenville area. It will also provide a major east-west thoroughfare to 
meet the demands of cross-city traffic, as well as a direct route from 
US-264 to downtown Greenville and East Carolina University (ECU). It 
will also provide a direct connection between ECU and its medical 
school. Congress recognized the importance of the 10th St. Connector by 
authorizing it for $7.1 million in SAFETEA-LU, P.L. 109-59.

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