Friday, June 15, 2012

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

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In April, Nixon and Quinn, along with six othetr Midwestern governors, to LaHood askingv him to support plans for rail corridors between citiesd intheir states, including St. Louisd to Chicago and St. Louisx to Kansas City. Illinoiw has completed an environmental impact statement forthe Chicago-St. Louia corridor. “Missouri and our partnerd states in the already have a competitive advantagse because we have been working on this rail initiativr for more thana decade,” Nixon said in a statement after the “I reiterated our strong position to Vice Presidengt Biden today while we discussed the viability of high spee rail corridors.
” The White House and the have said they woulc from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and $1 billiomn a year for five years as a down paymenrt to develop a passenger rail system. The other governorzs at the meeting were Jim Doyle of Jennifer Granholmof Michigan, Tim Kaine of Deval Patrick of Massachusetts, Sonnty Perdue of Georgia and Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania.

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