How many times have you heard stimulus in the last few weeks? Probably a lot, right? Well, here's one more time. Money, through the package, has been put away specifically for high-speed rail connections between cities. And that means cities like Detroit and Chicago.
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The Detroit-to-Chicago project is part of the Midwest High Speed Rail Initiative, which should get priority for new money. The Midwest projects use existing routes and track, making improvements less expensive and faster to do. Making the track, signal and other technology improvements needed for high-speed service for the 280 miles between Detroit and Chicago should cost less than $1 billion and could be done in two years.
"We'll be in a very good spot to go after the money," Kirk Steudle, director of the Michigan Department of Transportation, told local leaders in downtown Detroit Thursday, as they met at the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments to discuss the stimulus bill.
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