Heartland Flyer depot in Oklahoma City also to get federal money for improvements
NewsOK
BY CHRIS CASTEEL
Published: October 29, 2010
WASHINGTON — Oklahoma was awarded more than $4 million Thursday to improve in-station maneuvering for its passenger train, the Heartland Flyer, and for a study of an Oklahoma City-Tulsa link for a proposed high-speed rail corridor.
State Transportation Department officials said they were pleased with the federal grants, but stressed that high-speed rail wasn't exactly imminent in the state. The state got $2.2 million to do environmental studies and develop a service plan for an Oklahoma City-Tulsa segment.
Developing high-speed rail in the state would cost billions of dollars. The state competed last year for $8 billion in stimulus money for high-speed rail projects, but lost out on its bid for an estimated $2 billion to link Oklahoma City and Tulsa and improve track to the Texas state line.
Joe Kyle, Rail Programs Division manager for the state Transportation Department, said the projects awarded money on Thursday were part of the application that was rejected previously... FULL ARTICLE
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Fri, October 29, 2010
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