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NM, Colo., Texas seek high-speed rail
Associated Press - ^ | July 9, 2009

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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Colorado; US: New Mexico; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: billrichardson; lightrail; rail; railtransit; richardson; tomudall; udall
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1 posted on 07/09/2009 10:15:06 AM PDT by george76
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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.


2 posted on 07/09/2009 10:16:31 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS
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They’re still enamored with idea’s of a NAFTA corridor


3 posted on 07/09/2009 10:18:08 AM PDT by Sarajevo (You jealous because the voices only talk to me.)
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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.


4 posted on 07/09/2009 10:18:52 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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To: george76

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?


5 posted on 07/09/2009 10:18:57 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: george76

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.


6 posted on 07/09/2009 10:21:06 AM PDT by colorado tanker ("Lastly, I'd like to apologize for America's disproportionate response to Pearl Harbor . . . ")
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; greyfoxx39

5 million for a study ( by ACORN and La Raza ? )


7 posted on 07/09/2009 10:22:10 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

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.


8 posted on 07/09/2009 10:22:10 AM PDT by DonaldC
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Straight shot. Illegals to Denver.


9 posted on 07/09/2009 10:22:37 AM PDT by george123
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To: colorado tanker

BHO is burning our money.

Air travel is much cheaper.


10 posted on 07/09/2009 10:23:13 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: DonaldC

Yes but of course this $5million isn’t to study where to put it even, right? It is just a viability study?


11 posted on 07/09/2009 10:23:14 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
It's a cheap way to get King Bill's Rail Runner from border to border.

Let other taxpayers pay for it.

12 posted on 07/09/2009 10:23:44 AM PDT by Pistolshot (Brevity: Saying a lot, while saying very little.)
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To: george76

OH thanks now I’ll have heartburn... lol


13 posted on 07/09/2009 10:24:09 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

$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.


14 posted on 07/09/2009 10:25:03 AM PDT by Concho ( No Birth Certificate-No Census!)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

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.


15 posted on 07/09/2009 10:25:46 AM PDT by DonaldC
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To: george76

Why?


16 posted on 07/09/2009 10:28:04 AM PDT by americanophile (Sarcasm: satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language.)
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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?


17 posted on 07/09/2009 10:28:17 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Half of the population is below average)
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To: george76
when I think of NM, Colo., Texas high-speed rail, I think of...


18 posted on 07/09/2009 10:28:35 AM PDT by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: george76

Of course!


19 posted on 07/09/2009 10:28:47 AM PDT by americanophile (Sarcasm: satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language.)
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To: george76

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?????


20 posted on 07/09/2009 10:31:46 AM PDT by taxcontrol
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