HSR Stimulus Awards Announced

[RailCanon]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/files/documen ... isions.pdf
Check the top of page 2. In Michigan proper, $40 Million will be used to renovate stations in Troy (Birmingham? or the proposed intermodal center?) and Battle Creek, as well as constructing a replacement station in Dearborn.
In even cooler news, it looks as though the Ohio 3-C corridor may FINALLY come to pass. The entire project is estimated to cost $517 Million.

[tapezord]

There is a bundle of work slated near west detroit as part of that as well. This includes replacing a bridge between the cn and csao tracks and a series of cross-overs and a siding. This will help HSR as well as the Ann Arbor to Detroit Commuter Train slated to start in October.

[MDH]

You notice that California, Florida and Chicago area are still the biggest winners though...

[Cinderpath]

You notice that California, Florida and Chicago area are still the biggest winners though...

-As they have more votes citizens, therefore votes to buy, than Michigan....

[Typhoon]

You notice that California, Florida and Chicago area are still the biggest winners though...

-As they have more votes citizens, therefore votes to buy, than Michigan....

There are some big races coming up in November in California, Florida and Illinois, kind of makes one wonder....

It is nice to see Indiana get the shaft... Maybe if we were a blue state we might have got something.

[GTWChris]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/files/documen ... isions.pdf
Check the top of page 2. In Michigan proper, $40 Million will be used to renovate stations in Troy (Birmingham? or the proposed intermodal center?) and Battle Creek, as well as constructing a replacement station in Dearborn.
In even cooler news, it looks as though the Ohio 3-C corridor may FINALLY come to pass. The entire project is estimated to cost $517 Million.

The Troy/Birmingham transit center was only needing two more million dollars. The money is going to a new transit center(station) along with two new platforms on either side of the tracks with a tunnel connecting the two platforms. The station will have bus(smart), taxi, a shuttle bus to downtown Birmingham and motor car service. Ground breaking is scheduled to start this spring.

[GTW6401]

The Holly Sub is the borderline between Troy and Birmingham, which is why both cities are listed.

The station in Dearborn cant be outdated enough already that it needs to be replaced, at least it seems that way to me.

[railohio]

It is nice to see Indiana get the shaft... Maybe if we were a blue state we might have got something.

What did Indiana even apply to do?

[MagnumForce]

They wanted the Chicago Ft. Wayne Toledo line........

Not enough money in the world.

[railohio]

California is building a line from the cornfield up. If they can do that Ohio and Indiana can rehab an existing right-of-way with much, much less interference.

[redside20]

why don't they build one along a four lane highway? the people that are organizing the money for the funds should use some of that money to go buy themselves a clue.

[MSchwiebert]

The Chicago-Ft. Wayne-Toledo route is part of the Midwest System - which got a sizable amount to get the old GM&O from Chicago up to 110 mph running. That's their "phase 1" project (as is the 3C route for Ohio) so it's not surprising that the Chicago-Toledo route did not get anything this time. What is disappointing is that the noethwestern Indiana area did not get $ for traffic flow improvements for existing trains (probably not "flashy" enough).