Sentences with phrase «dollar rail project»

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for Transport, the public must question every major transport project as spending 2.2 billion dollars on the Forrestfield - Airport rail link is a grotesque waste of money which can not be justified with our very low population density and simply needs an efficient bus system at a fraction of the cost similar to that servicing Melbourne's Tullarmarine Airport.

Expect eventual success for the One Belt, One Road Initiative — the world's largest construction project, estimated to cost $ 80 trillion dollars — linking the Asian mainland, (including Central Asia) with Europe via high speed rail, communications links and vibrant financial trading platforms.

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«If I'm adding all the projects that he announced today for transportation — things like LaGuardia [Airport], Penn Station, Long Island [Rail Road] third track, there's billions of dollars being thrown out,» he said.

Former Erie County Executive and gubernatorial contender Joel Giambra is urging federal authorities to investigate whether corruption at the MTA has contributed to billions of dollars in cost - overruns and waste on subway and rail construction projects.

«My hope is that the NFTA would emphasize the track and the light rail rapid transit system that we have,» said Higgins, who is often credited with bringing federal dollars to some major local projects.

The plan, which would provide a link between Secaucus Junction, one of New Jersey's major transit hubs, and the New York City subway system, was floated by the Bloomberg administration last week in response to Christie's termination of a multi-billion dollar Hudson River rail project.

Instead of handing over 50 billion dollars to an industry that can not be sustained at its peak level, public funds can be better used to fund rails, buses, and bicycle pedestrian projects that have already been engineered, already been proven, and are just waiting for funding.

He wants the United States to «invest» in «the Apollo projects of our time» — spending countless billions of additional taxpayer dollars to «stimulate» renewable energy, high - speed rail, climate change «prevention» and other projects.

«California must begin construction on the project before December 31, 2012 or they will not be eligible for any more high speed rail stimulus dollars»... «Studies show that the average time to complete the NEPA process is 6.1 years.

Decisions were made to turn down dollars for both high speed rail — defined by the federal government as trains that move at 110 miles per hour or far slower than the California project and European trains — as well as money for higher speed rail, where trains move slower, but are still quicker than cars.

In Dallas and in Charlotte, N.C., studies have shown light rail lines have spurred billions of dollars in development and planned extensions of the lines are triggering construction projects, years in advance.