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Press Release
March 24, 2009 AMTRAK DETAILS STIMULUS PROJECTS
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to help rebuild equipment and infrastructure, improve safety and security nationwide
WASHINGTON—Amtrak has released a list of capital projects to be funded by $1.3 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Submitted to the Federal Railroad Administration, the highlights of the list include railcar and locomotive restoration to augment the current fleet, projects to bring stations into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), facility improvements, track, bridge and signal replacements and upgrades.
“These Amtrak projects fulfill all of the objectives of the ARRA, and more. They are ‘shovel-ready;’ they will improve the efficiency and accessibility of Amtrak trains and facilities; and we estimate they will result in the retention or creation of approximately 6,000 jobs,” said Amtrak President and CEO Joseph H. Boardman. “It is extremely encouraging to see the direction our country is taking to improve our national mobility, reduce our dependence on imported energy and make a stronger, healthier passenger rail system.” |
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Rep. Morrow wants Mankato involvement
By Mark Fischenich
The Free Press
MANKATO — The Minnesota Valley Line won’t be joining the Hiawatha Line anytime soon even if legislation introduced by Rep. Terry Morrow becomes law.
The Minnesota Valley Line also won’t be in the same league as the North Star line or the Central Corridor line — rail routes from Minneapolis to Big Lake and St. Paul, respectively, that will become the third and fourth passenger rail lines in the state.
But Morrow wants the Minnesota Valley Line — which would run from the Greater Mankato Area to the Twin Cities — to join a long and growing queue of proposed passenger rail lines. Link to article |
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By Conrad deFiebre & Mick Conlan
Minnesota2020.org How did the flood of immigrants who built Minnesota in the 1800s get here? Few came by riverboat or covered wagon. Most of them rode the railroad.
In our time, the airplane and automobile have largely supplanted passenger trains for long- and medium-distance transportation. But myriad forces are now combining to usher in a new era of fast, economical, convenient and comfortable cross-country travel by rail. If Minnesota is to regain its fast-disappearing prosperity, it dare not miss an historic opportunity to get on board and join a growing national trend back to the future - a future when a region's economic fortunes will reflect its embrace of modern intercity rail connectivity. Link to article |
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