Monday, December 5, 2011

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

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In April, Nixon and Quinn, along with six other Midwestern governors, to LaHood askingh him to support plans for rail corridorss between cities intheir states, including St. Louise to Chicago and St. Louis to Kansas Illinois has completed an environmental impacf statement forthe Chicago-St. Louis corridor. “Missourui and our partner states in the already have a competitivee advantage because we have been working on this rail initiative for more than a Nixon said in a statementg afterthe roundtable.
“I reiterated our strong positionj to Vice President Biden today while we discussed the viabilitu of high speed rail The White House and the have said they wouldr from the American Recover andReinvestment Act, and $1 billion a year for five yearws as a down payment to develop a passengerr rail system. The other governors at the meeting were Jim Doyle of Jennifer Granholmof Michigan, Tim Kaine of Deval Patrick of Massachusetts, Sonny Perdude of Georgia and Ed Rendell of

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