Posted on 06/05/2010 12:27:40 PM PDT by Willie Green
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood wants to jump start Mag-Lev development in this country, and says and Atlanta to Chattanooga link makes sense.
LaHood tested a high speed rail system in Japan last month. He compares the Obama administration's push for high-speed rail to the creation of the the Interstate system.
Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield say "I was amazed and surprised and very very pleased that he came out and talked about Atlanta, Chattanooga because I've always felt, even looking at it nationally that there is no project that holds more promise than this project."
The statement comes with a cost. Chattanooga, Atlanta, and North Georgia each need to come up with $1.3 million to cover several environmental studies.
That would make the region eligible for a $2-billion federal grant to begin construction.
City officials also met with representatives from the Japanese company that developed mag-lev this week.
...another government AMTRAK....just faster.
Must be a project set up for foreigners to increase their job base.
Chattanooga? Who would ride it?
Was permissible Constitutionally ONLY because of the national defense rationale for rapid transport of troops, equipment and supplies inside the U.S..
It’s a job stimulus project.
I wonder how many Chinese workers they will import to build this railroad?
there ya go
census workers
Wait I get it......Chattanooga choo choo!
why not Chattanooga to Detroit
Noby will ride it, but the won’t ride it really fast.
Hold on to your Wallet$$:
"The initial cost estimate for the system was $25 billion over 12 years; it ended up costing $114 billion and taking 35 years to complete." (from wikipedia)
If they’d build a high speed rail system between NY and CA, maybe the liberals from those two areas would leave the rest of us alone.
Was permissible Constitutionally ONLY because of the national defense rationale for rapid transport of troops, equipment and supplies inside the U.S..
So you think the postal clause is all about rapid military deployment?
You're not much of a constitutional scholar, are you?
When we went to NYC we looked at Rail vs. air, rail was far more expensive.. wound up driving with two kids in the backseat, won’t make that mistake again.
I spent an afternoon there one week end.
The name of the game for the Military is speed.. You can’t deploy military units fast on trains... It is faster either on highways or planes..
"The initial cost estimate for the system was $25 billion over 12 years; it ended up costing $114 billion and taking 35 years to complete."
$114 billion over 35 years... Is that all???
Heck, we can afford that pretty easy... It's a LOT less than what it cost us to bail out the banks that were "too big to fail."
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