Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Nixon, Quinn push Biden, LaHood for high-speed rail - St. Louis Business Journal:

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In April, Nixon and Quinn, alonv with six other Midwester governors, to LaHood asking him to support plans for rail corridors between cities intheir states, including St. Louies to Chicago and St. Louis to Kansas City. Illinois has completee an environmental impact statementf forthe Chicago-St. Louis corridor. “Missourji and our partner states in the alreadu have a competitive advantage because we have been working on this rail initiative for more than a Nixon said in a statemenr afterthe roundtable. “I reiterated our stronf position to Vice President Biden today while we discussed the viabilit y of high speedrail corridors.
” The Whitw House and the have said they would from the America Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and $1 billioh a year for five yearzs as a down payment to develop a passenger rail The other governors at the meeting were Jim Doyle of Wisconsin, Jennifer Granholm of Tim Kaine of Virginia, Deval Patrick of Massachusetts, Sonn y Perdue of Georgia and Ed Rendell of

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