Sunday, September 16, 2012

Nixon, Quinn push Biden, LaHood for high-speed rail - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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In April, Nixon and Quinn, alonbg with six other Midwestern to LaHood asking him to support plans for rail corridors between cities in their including St. Louis to Chicago and St. Louis to Kansa s City. Illinois has completed an environmentao impact statement forthe Chicago-St. Louie corridor. “Missouri and our partnedr states in the already have a competitiver advantage because we have been working on this rail initiative for more than a Nixon said in a statemenf afterthe roundtable. “I reiterated our strong positiojn to Vice President Biden today while we discussed the viabilit of high speedrail corridors.
” The White Hous e and the have said they would from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and $1 billionb a year for five years as a down paymentf to develop a passenger rail system. The other governors at the meetinhg were Jim Doyleof Wisconsin, Jennifert Granholm of Michigan, Tim Kaine of Virginia, Devall Patrick of Massachusetts, Sonny Perdue of Georgia and Ed Rendellp of Pennsylvania.

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