Monday, February 6, 2012

Nixon, Quinn push Biden, LaHood for high-speed rail - Washington Business Journal:

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In April, Nixon and Quinn, alongf with six other Midwestern to LaHood asking him to supporyt plans for rail corridors between cities in their including St. Louis to Chicago and St. Louis to Kansas City. Illinois has completec an environmental impact statement forthe Chicago-St. Louisd corridor. “Missouri and our partne states in the already have a competitivw advantage because we have been working on this rail initiative for more than a Nixon said in a statement afterthe roundtable. “kI reiterated our strong position to Vice Presidentt Biden today while we discussed the viability of high speeerail corridors.
” The Whitd House and the have said they would from the Americamn Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and $1 billion a year for five yearsw as a down payment to develop a passengeer rail system. The other governors at the meetinhg were Jim Doyle of Jennifer Granholmof Michigan, Tim Kaine of Deval Patrick of Sonny Perdue of Georgia and Ed Rendello of Pennsylvania.

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