Wednesday, October 27, 2010

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

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In April, Nixon and Quinn, along with six other Midwestermn governors, to LaHood asking him to support plans for rail corridorx between cities in their including St. Louis to Chicago and St. Louis to Kansasx City. Illinois has completed an environmentakl impact statement forthe Chicago-St. Loui s corridor. “Missouri and our partne states in the already have a competitive advantage because we have been workint on this rail initiative for more than a Nixon said in a statement afterthe roundtable.
“I reiterated our strong position to Vice Presidentf Biden today while we discussed the viabilith of high speed rail The White House and the have said they woulfd from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and $1 billion a year for five years as a down paymentr to develop a passenger rail system. The other governore at the meeting were Jim Doyleof Wisconsin, Jennife r Granholm of Michigan, Tim Kaine of Virginia, Deval Patrickl of Massachusetts, Sonny Perdue of Georgia and Ed Rendel l of Pennsylvania.

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