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Contact: Lowman S. Henry (717) 939-9551 Ext. # 2934
January 7, 1997
D.C. FIRM WILL CONTINUE TO AID TURNPIKE
FIGHT FOR FEDERAL DOLLARS
Harrisburg -- The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has retained Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, a Washington, D.C. law firm, for another year to assist in efforts to secure federal funds to help pay for Turnpike expansion projects and other improvements to the nation's
first superhighway.
As a result of the consultants' efforts to date, the Turnpike earlier this year was awarded
a $3 million federal grant to develop and install an advanced traveler information system which
will include highway advisory radio, variable message signs and surveillance cameras at several
high traffic volume locations along the Turnpike.
Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell was initially hired by the Turnpike Commission
in 1994. It's $200,000.00 annual contract was renewed in December
of 1995 and again this month. The contract includes provisions for the continued services of
Ann Eppard & Associates who works as a subcontractor to Baker, Donelson.
Baker, Donelson consults with the Turnpike and assists in the development of strategy
for obtaining funding for major development initiatives such as the Mon-Fayette
Expressway projects in southwestern Pennsylvania and the I-95 Interchange project in Bucks
County. The firm does this by working with the Turnpike to maximize federal funding
opportunities available under provisions of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
of 1991 (ISTEA) and other sources. The ISTEA legislation will be rewritten when Congress
reconvenes next year. Baker,. Donelson and Eppard Associates will represent the Turnpike's
interests during that process.
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P.O. Box 67676, Harrisburg, PA 17106-7676 Phone: (717) 939-9551 Fax: (717) 986-9649