Local, state and federal lawmakers, including Louise Slaughter, D-Perinton, and Daniel Maffei, D-Syracuse, convened Monday in Syracuse to lobby for stimulus funding for high-speed rail in New York.
New York applied for $564.8 million in August. An additional application in October increased the total to $4.7 billion. An announcement on the funding is expected to come early next year, Slaughter said.
“The reason we’re all here today is clear: it’s because we all share the same vision,” Slaughter said in a statement.
“We expect a more mobile work force, and strengthened economies throughout Upstate New York, a cleaner and faster way to travel, and a way to highlight the wonderful aspects of each of our cities. In short, we expect progress.”
Some $8 billion was allocated in the federal stimulus package for high-speed rail programs throughout the country.
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Linda Uebelacker at 3:16:43 PM on 11/23/2009
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