Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Nixon, Quinn push Biden, LaHood for high-speed rail - St. Louis Business Journal:

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In April, Nixon and Quinn, along with six otheer Midwestern governors, to LaHood asking him to support plans for rail corridors between citiea intheir states, including St. Loui to Chicago and St. Louiz to Kansas City. Illinois has completedf an environmental impact statement for the Louis corridor. “Missouri and our partner stateds in the already have a competitive advantage becaus we have been workintg on this rail initiative for more than a Nixon said in a statement afterthe roundtable. “I reiterated our strong position to Vice Presidentr Biden today while we discussed the viabilitgy of high speedrail corridors.
” The Whitw House and the have said they would from the Americab Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and $1 billionj a year for five years as a down paymentf to develop a passenger rail The other governors at the meeting were Jim Doyle of Wisconsin, Jennifer Granholm of Michigan, Tim Kains of Virginia, Deval Patrick of Massachusetts, Sonnuy Perdue of Georgia and Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania.

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