Kasich seeks president's help for Piketon project
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While President Obama referenced the aging Brent Spence Bridge that links Ohio and Kentucky in his Sept. 8 jobs speech, Ohio Gov. John Kasich wants the president to keep a section of southeastern Ohio in mind, too.
According to a report today on www.businessweek.com, Kasich is urging Obama "to include in his plan for creating U.S. jobs support for a uranium enrichment project in Piketon that has had difficulty securing a $2 billion federal loan guarantee that the developer says is necessary for construction to move ahead."
"Without a commitment for the loan guarantee very soon the entire project is at risk, including the 2,000 jobs currently associated with it," Gov. John Kasich said, in a letter to the president.
According to the report, KAsich wrote that he has toured the American Centrifuge Plant project in Piketon and that it's important to national security and national energy security and could mean up to 8,000 jobs across the country. Nearly half would be in Ohio, and Kasich noted that the site is in a part of the state where counties have reported unemployment near 15 percent.
"The project needs your leadership to cut through the bureaucratic red tape and unleash this catalyst for job creation and energy innovation," Kasich wrote to Obama.[[In-content Ad]]
According to a report today on www.businessweek.com, Kasich is urging Obama "to include in his plan for creating U.S. jobs support for a uranium enrichment project in Piketon that has had difficulty securing a $2 billion federal loan guarantee that the developer says is necessary for construction to move ahead."
"Without a commitment for the loan guarantee very soon the entire project is at risk, including the 2,000 jobs currently associated with it," Gov. John Kasich said, in a letter to the president.
According to the report, KAsich wrote that he has toured the American Centrifuge Plant project in Piketon and that it's important to national security and national energy security and could mean up to 8,000 jobs across the country. Nearly half would be in Ohio, and Kasich noted that the site is in a part of the state where counties have reported unemployment near 15 percent.
"The project needs your leadership to cut through the bureaucratic red tape and unleash this catalyst for job creation and energy innovation," Kasich wrote to Obama.[[In-content Ad]]