Sunday, April 3, 2011

Nixon, Quinn continue push for high-speed rail stimulus - St. Louis Business Journal:

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The Midwest and California for thestimulud money, based on the guidancee the issued last week. Federal rules favore the two regions because officials say they are looking for projects with establishedd revenue sources and multistatecooperation — two criteria Missouri and Illinoie meet. Special consideration also will go to projects that can becompletec quickly, that will create jobs immediately and that will result in a demonstrable benefit for the Under the federal recovery act, $8 billion in federal funds are available to construct high-speed rail lines across the country. The St.
Louizs to Chicago rail line would cut the traveo time from more than five hourd to lessthan four, Quinn said. Prior to this news conference atthe , Nixon and Quinn met privatelyt with St. Louis-area business and community leaderzs to review the federal guidelines and discuss the economixc benefits ofa St. Louis-to-Chicago rail line for the The federal guidelines have established a deadlin of July 10 forfundingy pre-applications and a final deadlines of Aug. 24 for complets applications.

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