Sentences with phrase «effort gets underway»

David Dukler professed a «passion for bicycling,» saying that he was involved in New Paltz's committee that is studying options for creating bikeways and would like to see the same sort of effort get underway in Gardiner.

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Scott said all the state's highway and turnpikes were open, and a massive effort was underway to get gas to service stations.

East Wenatchee City Councilman Tim Detering joins Dan Langager in the KOHO studio to talk about road construction projects getting underway, with delays and closures starting today on North Baker Avenue, provide an update on the Gateway Project going in next year at 9th St. and Valley Mall Parkway, efforts to get direct flights from...

While the focus of this week has been, and should be, on the victims of Hurricane Harvey and the importance of relief efforts just getting underway in Houston, baseball is still being played.

There is an effort underway to create a standard for baby boxes as a category, and when that gets set we will certify ourselves against the standard as well.

The administration of Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone offered to ease proposed rules for replacement of failing cesspools to get its ambitious effort to combat nitrogen in groundwater underway.

An effort is underway in Connecticut to get people who were displaced by Hurricane Maria registered to vote.

Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has called for public hearings; there's a June ballot question in Washington, D.C., and an effort is underway to get the issue on the statewide ballot in Michigan.

NYC Councilman Charles Barron clearly is relishing the role of chief agitator against Gov. Andrew Cuomo — an effort he started during the 2010 campaign as the Freedom Party's gubernatorial candidate and is now perfecting as the budget battle gets underway.

The UFT is focusing its efforts on winning the restoration of Teacher's Choice funding as final negotiations on next year's city budget get underway.

Many efforts underway are aimed at getting people to think anew about their daily habits.

There's an initial rush to get the journey underway that simply feels forced, despite the best efforts of Pål Sverre Hagen as Heyerdahl, and the film is in such a rush to get to the «good bits» that we miss some of the minutiae of life at sea that made reading the book such a gritty, tactile experience.

For years, efforts have been underway to get rid of veteran teachers through faulty teaching evaluations, the elimination of tenure, school closures and outrageous early retirement plans.

Los Angeles Unified parent Lauren Campbell has a child plaintiff in the case and said that even though efforts are underway to overhaul the evaluation system in the district, it won't do much to protect effective, less - senior teachers who she says she has seen get layoff notices year after year at Lanai Road Elementary School in Encino.

Routine handling: The power - assisted rack - and - pinion system feels somewhat heavy getting underway but works well at highway speeds, where less steering effort is needed.

It's still «in progress» (much like our Facebook Anthology is / was), but I guess that's one of the «perks» of reading my blog: getting a sneak peek on behind - the scenes efforts while they're still underway.

EIA's report demonstrates that there are both significant shortcomings in the approach and rules of the FCPF, as well as constrains in the ability of the FCPF to influence business as usual lending by the World Bank, or business as usual development strategies by developing countries, so that opportunities to advance forest governance have been missed, and readiness efforts have been sidelined in favor of getting Carbon Fund programs underway.

As another long season of climate diplomacy gets underway, hopes for success rest on fresh ideas, momentum and a re-energised sense of collective effort sharing, today's collection of papers concludes.

To get that long overdue effort underway, Congress needs to amend the 2005 Energy Policy Act, eliminate the Renewable Fuel Standards and end the taxpayer subsidies.

Because a massive lobbying effort of Republican lawmakers by the frozen pizza industry, among other corporate interests, is underway to get around Obama Administration guidelines to make school lunches contain healthier options.

Just as Dr. Kogan's efforts were getting underway, Mr. Mercer agreed to invest $ 15 million in a joint venture with SCL's elections division.