The Ports-to-Plains Alliance, based in
Lubbock, Texas
Lubbock ( )
is the 10th-most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of government of Lubbock County. With a population of 260,993 in 2021, the city is also the 85th-most populous in the United States. The city is in the northw ...
, United States, is a non-profit, bipartisan,
advocacy group
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led by mayors, council persons and other local elected leaders,
economic development
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officials, business and other opinion leaders from nine states (
Texas
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,
New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...
,
Oklahoma
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,
Colorado
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,
North Dakota
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,
South Dakota
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,
Montana
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,
Nebraska
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and
Wyoming
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) and one
Canadian province
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(
Alberta
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) which contains a
2,300-plus mile economic development corridor stretching from Texas to Alberta.
The alliance was formalized in 2009 through an agreement between groups representing three congressionally designated High Priority Corridors on the U.S.
National Highway System (NHS):
the Ports-to-Plains Trade Corridor Coalition;
Heartland Expressway
The Heartland Expressway (also known as the National Highway System High Priority Corridor 14) is a federally designated High Priority Corridor between Limon, Colorado, and Rapid City, South Dakota in the US. The proposed four-lane corridor is cur ...
; and the
Theodore Roosevelt Expressway Association. Today, as the Ports-to-Plains Alliance, the coalition works together to assure continued prosperity in communities throughout North America’s energy and agricultural heartland.
[http://www.portstoplains.com/Our_Partners.aspx Alliance partners]
Aims
The alliance promotes trade, investment, infrastructure development and intermodal connectivity in the Ports-to-Plains region. Originally, each individual group lobbied the
U.S. Congress
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,
the White House
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and state governments for highway improvement dollars, with largely local goals in mind.
Today, the Ports-to-Plains Alliance is a forum for collaboration, and a partnership for maximizing the potential of the region and its people. The alliance raises funds to sustain and improve the Ports-to-Plains regional
intermodal transportation network.
Core services
Through its volunteer Board, full-time professional staff headquartered in Lubbock, Texas, and advocacy professionals in all nine states, Canada, Mexico and Washington, D.C., the alliance provides its member communities, partners and businesses the following core services:
* Advocacy: The alliance monitors legislative developments in all nine states likely to impact the region’s energy and agriculture sectors, and the infrastructure they require to flourish. Member communities rely on Alliance leaders and staff to help them identify, pursue and capture hard dollars for local highway projects.
* Economic Development: The alliance provides communities a forum for marketing local business, investment and tourism to a national and
international business
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It involves cross-border transactions of goods and services between two or more ...
audience.
* Industry Partnerships: Through industry work groups, the alliance provides the energy, agriculture, transportation, trucking and other industries a means of providing guidance on policy matters, educating the public, and promoting their brands.
References
External links
Ports-to-Plains Alliance websiteHeartland ExpresswayTheodore Roosevelt ExpresswayCANAMEX CorridorMap of intermodal connections across Ports-to-Plains economic region
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Organizations based in Texas