肯塔基州发布一揽子投入：河港铁路获2,240万美元，东部12个项目拟争逾1,800万美元
肯塔基州州长 Andy Beshear 11月12日在州府 Frankfort 发布每周工作通报，汇总经济发展、交通基建与社区投入等多项进展：河港与铁路共获2,240万美元投入，东部地区12个项目拟争取逾1,800万美元联邦与州联合资金，另有5个社区发展项目共获430万美元。
经济发展方面，Beshear 表示，他任内已宣布近1,400个私营部门新建与扩建项目，宣布投资总额超过550亿美元、创造逾72,000个岗位，是肯塔基州历任州长任内最高的投资纪录；全州47个县创下各自有史以来最大的经济发展投资纪录，其中包括 Allen、Barren、Henderson、Owsley 与 Whitley 等较小社区。
交通基建方面，肯塔基公共河港建设与维护计划向15个项目投入1,510万美元，用于设备升级更换、仓储扩容、驳船停泊能力、安全改进等；短线铁路基础设施保护计划另向6个项目投入730万美元，用于新建铁路线、维护既有线路与改善排水。
地区投入方面，州长已向阿巴拉契亚地区委员会推荐12个项目，预计为肯塔基州东部带来逾1,800万美元，该委员会将作联邦层面审查。肯塔基州西部逾2.23亿美元、逾900套出租住房的历史性住房计划方面，全州11个开发项目已全部动工，预计明年春季开始入住；其中 Mayfield 的 Commonwealth Court 项目三栋楼已完工两栋，第三栋预计11月底完工，该项目共66套平价住房。
社区发展整笔补助计划向5个项目共投入430万美元：Bracken 县 Augusta 市与 Russell 县 Jamestown 市各获150万美元升级自来水处理设施；Fleming 县 Flemingsburg 市获90万美元翻修12套长者平价出租住房；Logan 县 Adairville 市获323,328美元新建水塔；Bell 县 Pineville 市获137,000美元设计 Park Avenue 雨水下水道以防洪。
州长同时宣布，11月16日至20日为肯塔基州家庭与社区参与教育周；11月为肺癌宣传月，11月14日为肺癌筛查日，该州早期肺癌诊断率五年内提高了12%。全州第二届 Team Kentucky 食物募捐至11月18日，逢周一、周三、周五接收不易腐食品，经 Feeding Kentucky 分发至全州120个县的900家合作食物银行。今年4月与10月两次处方药回收日，全州共回收31,674磅处方药，为该州2011年启动该计划以来单年最高。
此外，Beshear 当天致信总统特朗普，敦促立即撤换美国卫生与公众服务部长 Robert F. Kennedy Jr.；他还与另外15位州长联名致信国会领导人，敦促推进《安全公平执行银行法》（SAFE Banking Act），让州许可的大麻企业接入受监管的银行系统。上周中期选举出现历史性投票率，共有1,447,030名肯塔基选民投票，高于2022年中期选举，州长将肯塔基选民评为本周的 Team Kentucky 全明星。
（来源：肯塔基州州长办公室）
Kentucky Announces Funding Package: $22.4 Million for Riverports and Rail, 12 Eastern Kentucky Projects Seek Over $18 Million
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear issued his weekly Team Kentucky update in Frankfort on November 12, covering economic development, transportation infrastructure and community investment: riverports and railroads will receive a combined $22.4 million, 12 projects in Eastern Kentucky are recommended for more than $18 million in federal-state funding, and five Community Development Block Grant projects will share $4.3 million.
On economic development, Beshear said his administration has announced nearly 1,400 private-sector new-location and expansion projects totaling over $55 billion in announced investment and more than 72,000 jobs, the highest investment figure secured during the tenure of any Kentucky governor; 47 counties have seen their largest economic development investment on record, including smaller communities such as Allen, Barren, Henderson, Owsley and Whitley counties.
On transportation, the Kentucky Public Riverport Construction and Maintenance program will fund 15 projects with $15.1 million for equipment upgrades and replacement, warehouse and storage expansion, barge staging capacity and safety improvements. The Kentucky Short Line Infrastructure Preservation program will fund six railroad projects with $7.3 million, including new rail lines, preservation of existing lines and drainage improvements.
On regional investment, the Governor has recommended 12 projects to the Appalachian Regional Commission that would bring over $18 million to Eastern Kentucky, subject to federal-level review. In Western Kentucky, all 11 developments in the state's largest-ever housing announcement, more than $223 million to build over 900 rental units, are now under construction and expected to begin leasing by next spring; at Commonwealth Court in Mayfield, two of three buildings are complete and the third is expected by the end of November, for 66 affordable units.
The Community Development Block Grant program awarded five projects totaling $4.3 million: Augusta, in Bracken County, and Jamestown, in Russell County, will each receive $1.5 million to upgrade water treatment facilities; Flemingsburg, in Fleming County, receives $900,000 to upgrade 12 affordable rental units for seniors; Adairville, in Logan County, receives $323,328 for a new water tower; and Pineville, in Bell County, receives $137,000 to design a storm sewer along Park Avenue.
The Governor also recognized November 16-20 as Family and Community Engagement in Education Week in Kentucky, and November as Lung Cancer Awareness Month, with November 14 as Lung Cancer Screening Day; Kentucky's early lung cancer diagnosis rate has increased 12 percent in five years. The second annual Team Kentucky Food Drive accepts non-perishable donations on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays through November 18, distributed through Feeding Kentucky to 900 partner food pantries across all 120 counties. Through its April and October prescription drug take back days this year, Kentuckians disposed of 31,674 pounds of prescription drugs, the most collected in a year since the initiative began in 2011.
Beshear also said he sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging the immediate removal of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services, and joined 15 other governors in a letter to congressional leaders urging passage of the SAFE Banking Act, which would give state-sanctioned cannabis businesses access to the regulated banking system. Following historic turnout in last week's midterm elections, in which 1,447,030 Kentuckians cast ballots, up from the 2022 midterms, the Governor named Kentucky voters this week's Team Kentucky All-Stars.
(Source: Office of the Governor of Kentucky)
来源：肯塔基州州长办公室
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