December 10, 2010
Amtrak extension gets $3M boost
By The Mainebiz News Staff
The extension of the Amtrak Downeaster train from Portland to Brunswick currently under way is getting another boost from the feds.
Maine will receive another $3.3 million to help fund the $38.3 million project, scheduled for completion in 2012, on top of the $35 million the state has already received, according to The Associated Press. The new funding comes from $1.2 billion the U.S. Department of Transportation originally awarded to Wisconsin and Ohio, but those states have backed out of their high-speed rail projects, so the DOT redistributed the funds to 13 other states.
In January, the federal government doled out $8 billion for high-speed passenger rail projects around the country.
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