About Us
The Heartland Expressway is first and foremost a surface transportation connection. The vision is a connection, via 4-lane highways, from the front range of Colorado through Western Nebraska, and further north to the Black Hills of South Dakota. The Heartland Expressway is part of a larger vision that encompasses nine states and four existing corridors, the Port to Plains, Heartland, Camino Real and Theodore Roosevelt. Together they form what is known as the Ports to Plains Corridor.
The Heartland Expressway, a federal high priority corridor, provides an essential economic development tool for rural areas in Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming while facilitating domestic and international trade from Canada to Mexico.
The Heartland Expressway Association is a group of dedicated volunteers working to coordinate the activities within Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming transportation departments to assure that the 4-lane construction provides a seamless artery for routing people and goods through the western states from south to north and vice versa. This corridor improvement is vital to improving safe travel, economic development, and energy development for the region and the United States.
Board of Directors
Deb Cottier
Northwest Nebraska Development Corp
Chairman
Annie Folck
City of Gering
Vice-Chair
Amy Sapp
PADD
Secretary / Treasurer
Karen Anderson
SB/G United Chamber
Director
Mike Dafney
City of Alliance
Director
Mark Harris
Scotts Bluff County
Director
Jeanne McKerrigan
City of Scottsbluffn
Director
John Sutherland
City of Chadron
Director
Rich Flores
Kimball County
Director
Chelsie Herian
Box Butte Development Corp
Alternate
Kevin Spencer
City of Scottsbluff
Alternate
Doug Leafgreen
NE Highway Commission
Ex-Officio
Doug Hoevet
NDOT District Engineer
Ex-Officio
Joe Kiely
Ports to Plains Alliance
Ex-Officio
Thank You to Our Current Members
Gold
Silver
- The Hiner Foundation
- Panhandle Area Development District (PADD)
- Black Hills Council of Local Governments
Bronze
- Alliance Tractor and Implement
Associate
- Scottsbluff-Gering United Chamber of Commerce
- Alliance Chamber of Commerce
- Ameri-Co Carriers
- Twin Cities Development
- Panhandle Trails Intercity Public Transit
Government Members
- Box Butte County
- City of Alliance
- City of Chadron
- City of Gering
- City of Kimball
- City of Terrytown
- City of Torrington, WY
- City of Scottsbluff
- Scotts Bluff County
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