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Michigan House takes action to receive $150 million in rail money, now Senate must act

The US Department of Transportation has offered Michigan $160 million to purchase and fix up our rail infrastructure, IF Michigan provides a 20% match.  Last night, the Michigan House of Representatives passed HB 6484, which allows up to $100 million in state construction bonds to be used to provide those matching funds. The bill also […]

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Major federal investment in Michigan high speed rail!!

Today, Secretary of Transportation LaHood announced the second round of High Speed Rail funding. In total, 54 applications were selected to receive approximately $2.5 billion in FY10 and remaining FY09 funding, including California, Florida, the Northeast region, NC-VA-DC, Oregon-Washington, and several midwest investments.   Michigan will receive a $150 million grant to allow the MDOT

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