Tuesday, June 7, 2011

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

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In April, Nixon and Quinn, alongh with six other Midwestern governors, to LaHood askingf him to support plans for rail corridorz between cities in their including St. Louis to Chicago and St. Louids to Kansas City. Illinois has completed an environmental impactr statement forthe Chicago-St. Louis corridor. “Missour i and our partner states in the alreadyt have a competitive advantage because we have been workingy on this rail initiative for more than a Nixon said in a statement afterthe “I reiterated our stron g position to Vice Presidenr Biden today while we discussed the viability of high speeds rail corridors.
” The White House and the have said they wouldf from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and $1 billion a year for five years as a down paymengt to develop a passenger rail system. The othed governors at the meeting were Jim Doylrof Wisconsin, Jennifer Granholm of Tim Kaine of Virginia, Deval Patrick of Massachusetts, Sonnt Perdue of Georgia and Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania.

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