Thursday, January 28,
2010
Governor Says High-Speed
Rail Grants a Victory for
The governor issued the following statement on today’s
announcement that
“This Recovery Act funding for high-speed rail along the
Pontiac–Detroit–Chicago corridor is a victory for
Michigan’s portion of the $244 million in high-speed
rail grants to states comprising the Pontiac–Detroit–Chicago corridor will fund
construction of a new building and platform at the Dearborn Amtrak station,
construction of a new platform and passenger service facilities at the Troy
Amtrak station, and renovation of the building and passenger service facilities
at the Battle Creek Amtrak station.
Great
Governor Granholm, Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle and
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn will meet February 8 at the White House with Nancy
Sutley, chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, and Obama
administration officials from the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of
the Interior, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Coast Guard to discuss the
Asian carp threat to the Great Lakes.
In a letter to Governor Granholm and Governor Doyle
earlier this month, Sutley suggested a meeting during the first week in February
to discuss a strategy to combat the spread of Asian carp and ensure a
coordinated, effective response to the threat across all levels of government.
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