Frank Smith Says NB: Connecticut Bypassed For Latest High-Speed Rail Grants - Courant.com

Friday, December 10, 2010

Connecticut Bypassed For Latest High-Speed Rail Grants - Courant.com

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Anonymous said...: HARTFORD - Connecticut lost out on its bid to get a share of $1.2 billion in federal high-speed rail funds that became available after the November 2nd election. With the newly elected conservative governors in Ohio and Wisconsin rejecting the Obama administration grants, Connecticut and more than a dozen other states lined up to get part of that money.

But, the U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood made the announcement that the bulk of the High-Speed Rail Grants Funding will go to two states that are relatively far along in designing fast trains - the state of California and Florida.; December 10, 2010 at 10:45 AM
Anonymous said...: Sure, high-speed trains have advantages, especially over longer routes. But it's time for our nation to face reality. There's no money and no lobby for local trains from Waterbury, Bristol, Plainville, New Britain and Berlin CT to Hartford and they're not likely to appear in-mass in the future.

Express buses are a far cheaper, better bet for getting large numbers of riders off those I-84 traffic jams with the Hartford to New Britain Bus Way?.; December 10, 2010 at 5:50 PM
Anonymous said...: Why bother promoting in the state of Connecticut as a place to visit when you can spend that money on more entitlements and just keep bilking us, their loyal subjects, out of more and more of our earnings?

We mean when you have a state full of idiots eager to throw more of their money to the government with nothing to show for it, stay the course. P.T BArnum was a CT resident. I Wonder where on earth he came up with his "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break" quote.; December 10, 2010 at 9:42 PM
Anonymous said...: HARTFORD - In a sharply worded memo to fellow lawmakers, state Sen. Donald DeFronzo criticized the state Department of Transportation for shifting funds from other projects to cover the escalating cost of the proposed busway between New Britain and Hartford.

Senator Donald DeFronzo stated that DOT needs to be held accountable for what appears to be an insidious strategy,” of redirecting general federal highway and transportation money, that could be used for other projects across the state, to cover the costs of the busway without legislative approval,; December 11, 2010 at 12:05 AM

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