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Transportation Secretary LaHood to Florida: Fund SunRail or Forget High-Speed Rail

10 Oct 2009 5:16 PM | Jackson McQuigg (Administrator)

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood was very clear to audiences in Central Florida on Monday of this past week.

If it is to get any funds for high-speed or other rail projects, Florida must act now to demonstrate it is serious about passenger rail by funding SunRail, the Central Florida commuter rail system.

From the Orlando Sentinel's Central Florida Political Pulse Blog:

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_politics/2009/10/by-dan-tracy-sentinel-staff-writer--us-transportation-secretary-ray-lahood-had-a-simple-message-monday-for-the-florida-sen.h

--Jackson McQuigg

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