Posted on 07/09/2009 10:15:06 AM PDT by george76
New Mexico, Colorado and Texas are applying for federal funds to study the viability of a high-speed rail system from El Paso through New Mexico to Denver.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and Sen. Tom Udall, DN.M., said Thursday the three states will submit a joint pre-application Friday for up to $5 million to pay for the study.
Congress has authorized up to 11 high-speed rail corridors nationwide.
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Given the hassle of King Bill’s Rail Road, I don’t think that sucker’s gonna fly. Figuratively or literally.
They’re still enamored with idea’s of a NAFTA corridor
Let’s put the high speed rail on the boarder. Give illegal border crossers fair warning that they will become paste if they are on the tracks when the train is coming through.
Someone enlighten me - what does $5Million pay for? Would it be that hard to determine if folks would ride a train from El Paso to Denver and points between without having to spend five million dollars?
If this was priced out they’d find we’d pay twice as much as air to get there in twice the time. The only way to make this work is by subsidizing it. Great, just great.
5 million for a study ( by ACORN and La Raza ? )
They will need billions for the fight to grab land alone, unless they were able to build it right down the middle of I-25, or do something underground.
Straight shot. Illegals to Denver.
BHO is burning our money.
Air travel is much cheaper.
Yes but of course this $5million isn’t to study where to put it even, right? It is just a viability study?
Let other taxpayers pay for it.
OH thanks now I’ll have heartburn... lol
$5 Million? Thats what Fat Billy slips Udall under the table to put pork in the Health and Environment bills.
El Paso to Denver? Hell yeah!!! Direct connection for the illegals to make it to the center of the country, why not?? From Denver, they have free passage in any direction.
You’re probably right. One between Pueblo, Colorado Springs, and Denver might not be a bad idea given the commuter traffic between them, not sure about going further south though. Even if it were in place, only Denver has enough of a mass transit system to move folks beyond an I-25 corridor light rail system. The Dems there have been building on that in Denver for years.
Why?
The new underground railroad.
It is well known (sarcasm intended)that this is a heavily traveled corridor.
What a crock and what a waste.
How about Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, Houston pinheads?
Of course!
RTD (Colorado’s rail / public transportation body) can’t complete their Denver area light rail on time and on budget. What makes them think that they can get a high speed rail line working?
Arrogance?????
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