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Wash. Democrats ask Buttigieg for $200M to plan Canada-Seattle-Portland bullet train
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SEATTLE — In hopes to deliver 250 mph rail service by midcentury, the Democrats in Washington's congressional delegation are asking the federal government for $198 million to help plan a route between Vancouver, B.C.; Seattle; and Portland.
The Cascadia high-speed corridor would be faster than any trains that currently operate in the United States, though contractors are now building a starter bullet-train line in central California.
Washington state's eight Democratic representatives, and both senators, signed the funding request to federal Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg in a letter dated Tuesday. Grants would be drawn from President Joe Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure program, passed by Congress in 2021, which contains $66 billion for railways.
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https://thebrunswicknews.com/news/na...9a907c4a5.html
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