[ale] OT: Maglev funding?

[Jeff Lightner]

Interesting

I had mentioned to friends/family in Dalton and Chattanooga that there
is a proposal to initiate rail service from Atlanta up I 85 to South
Carolina and that I hadn't heard recently about going up I 75 to
Chattanooga proposal that had been bandied about for years.

Personally I'd like to see it happen but if they can't get the outer
beltway through the Northern suburbs or even a road widening on the
Fulton side of Johnson Ferry I wouldn't hold my breath.

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Greg
Freemyer
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 10:22 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: [ale] OT: Maglev funding?

All,

Anyone know if the spending bill included funds for the Atlanta -
Chattanooga HSGT line (High Speed Ground Transportation)?

== Background

If you don't know there is an ongoing HSGT (Maglev or Steel Rail)
project that may eventually go from:

Savannah - Atlanta - Chattanooga - Nashville - Chicago

The Atlanta - Chattanooga section is the furthest along and about to
enter "Tier 2" status I think (but I think Tier 2 activity is
currently unfunded):

http://www.dot.state.ga.us/aboutGeorgiadot/Board/Documents/2009%20Meetin
gs%20Presentations/Jan/HighSpeedGroundTransportation.pdf

If you go to page 10, you see it is one of 3 east of the Mississippi
projects (LA - Vegas is the big west of the Mississippi project).

I'm hoping this project will get a big boost from the spending bill.

Greg
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