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State of the Airports event today: Sacramento as bolder crossroads for commerce
by Hal Silliman, published on November 12, 2009 at 9:07AM
Storyline: Regional Prosperity
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Transportation experts will gather today, Nov. 12, at Sacramento International Airport to review trends and specific projects that can make the Sacramento region a new international crossroads for goods movement to the Pacific Rim while providing new job and business opportunities for our region.
An update on The Big Build expansion project at Sacramento International Airport will show how Sacramento will be well positioned to serve both passengers and goods needed for the projected increase of 14 million in the state’s population by 2035. The event is hosted by the Northern California World Trade Center, an affiliate of the Sacramento Metro Chamber.
“If we think big and act boldly, the Sacramento region can become a goods movement hot spot for the West Coast and over time become a gateway to the Pacific Rim and beyond,” said Northern California World Trade Center President & CEO Michael Faust. “We have the airports, and we are growing the water port capacity, highways and railroads that make us a true crossroads for commerce. As other regions like the Bay Area reach their people-moving capacity, their goods movement capacity will be adversely affected. If we think big, act strategically and pursue bold projects, we will become a goods movement leader on the West Coast.”
Speakers include: Aviation Economist Fred Davis, Sabre Solutions, who will provide a forecast on the aviation industry, and Director Hardy Acree, Sacramento County Airport System, who will provide an update on The Big Build.
A Region Goods Movement Overview Panel will be moderated by Dan Throgmorton, associate vice chancellor of Workforce and Economic Development, Los Rios Community College District.
The panelists are Fred Davis, Sabre Solutions; Hardy Acree, Sacramento County Airport System; Mike Luken, Port of West Sacramento; and Rob Leonard, assistant county executive for economic development, Sacramento County.
The event will be held 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., today, at the SACjet Hangar, Sacramento International Airport. Contact 916-519-1218 for more event information.
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Reno
November 12, 2009 | 09:38 AM
We have some of the largest airports in California (Mather and McClellan) and yet we have hardly any flights in or out of those airports. If our region was on top of this we could turn either one of those airports into transportation centers that could service the entire west cost and create jobs here not in Texas or L.A.!
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Geoffrey Sakala
November 13, 2009 | 07:05 AM
Not true. Mather Commerce Center and the Mather Airport is the West coast shipping hub for UPS, DHL, and Fedex. There are planes flying in and out every day with thousands of packages. There is also a passenger commercial airport at Mather which sees a lot of commuter traffic especially for corporations like Intel.
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Reno
November 13, 2009 | 12:07 PM
Nope it is true - sorry but lets start with DHL, they are out of the domestic delivery business and do not fly planes or drive trucks around here any more. When was the last time you saw a DHL Truck? Second issue is that FedEx fly’s out of Sacramento International not Mather. Three, UPS fly into Mather in the AM to drop off freight and flys out in the PM to take the outbound freight. UPS has a west coast hub in Irvine and Oakland, FedEx has west coast hubs in Oakland and L.A. There are no air hubs in Sacramento. As far as the commuter traffic you are correct, however, I never mentioned commuter traffic in my post.
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