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PennDOT’s Toby Fauver named to U.S. DOT air panel
Group focuses on service to small communities
Roger DuPuis//December 30, 2016
PennDOT’s Toby Fauver named to U.S. DOT air panel
Group focuses on service to small communities
Roger DuPuis//December 30, 2016
PennDOT Deputy Secretary Toby Fauver has been named as a participant on the new U.S. DOT Air Service Work Group, department officials said this week.
Fauver currently serves as PennDOT’s Deputy Secretary for Multimodal Transportation.
U.S. DOT officials said 25 members from federal, state, regional agencies airports, universities and air service providers were named to the group, which will advise Congress on priorities and funding needs for air operations in small towns.
Its first meeting is expected to take place in January, and the the federal transportation secretary is required to issue a report to Congress by July 2017.
President-elect Donald Trump last month picked Elaine Chao to serve as the nation’s next transportation chief, after he takes office in January.
“I am pleased for this opportunity to represent Pennsylvania’s aviation community on this panel as it explores ways to maintain air service across Pennsylvania and other regions of the nation,” Fauver said.
“Aviation is an important component of Pennsylvania’s economy and the federal government’s oversight is invaluable as we work to keep air service as widely available as possible,” he added.
