Sentences with phrase «for rail planning»

With limited Federal rail funding available before the Recovery Act, no comparable capacity existed for rail planning.

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Furthermore, the government said it wants to attract investments for the building of 10,000 kilometres of rail systems, and it plans to double the capacity of its freight rail networks.

The government of the Republic of Cameroon is planning to seek funding from China for the rail and port infrastructure at Sundance Resources» Mbalam - Nabeba iron ore project, allowing the Perth company to focus just on the mine development.

Local contractor MACA has won a $ 4.8 million contract to upgrade an intersection in Ascot which will pave the way for planned street closures as the $ 2 billion Forrestfield - Airport Rail Link gets underway.

In the emails, Clinton advisers discussed how to frame the candidate's «energy infrastructure» plan, which would call for replacing old pipelines, repairing rail tracks and improving the electric grid in a way that would appeal to labor unions, who had yet to endorse her at that stage.

Bring back McTiernan and ask her to coordinate the next epic movement in rail transportation for Perth, is anyone else skilled and experienced as much as our previous planning minister?

Desperate for access, companies were pushing Ceres to accelerate long - term plans to add crude hauling, starting with a C$ 1 million ($ 795 million) facility to transfer crude from trucks to rail and onto the BNSF system.

Western Australian Planning Commission chairman Eric Lumsden says the newly endorsed $ 2.3 billion road and rail package for the metropolitan area will address Perth's public transport needs for the next 25 to 50 years.

The plans would revoke a special status that allows rail drivers to retain jobs and other benefits for life.

[108] Upon learning how the plan would work, New Jersey native residents railed against it, comparing it to using one credit card to pay off another, pointing out that it would create hardship for commuters and noting that it would actually increase the state's $ 32 billion debt.

Over the next few months, when Musk was asked about it, he said that when he had time he might publish an open - source version of this Hyperloop plan for others to work on, and meanwhile he offered more opaque clues as to what his idea was («a cross between a Concorde and a rail gun and an air - hockey table... if they had a three - way and had a baby somehow»), which inspired lots of online speculation, much of it deeply skeptical.

Sagamore's plans call for the eventual construction of a light rail spur into the development, as well as water taxi access and connections via a pedestrian bridge.

Reactions at the time ranged from excitement to skepticism to outright disbelief — Musk was even accused of sabotaging the high - speed rail project for profit, despite his statement that he had no plans to develop the Hyperloop commercially.

If BC is to join the new era of train travel, it must plan for passenger rail on a regional basis, and protect potential new rail corridors.

While Baltimore's mass transit system is not as robust as New York, Chicago or Washington D.C., a light rail line is planned for Port Covington.

That's the approach Quebec - based Bombardier has taken — the company recently announced its plan to make a C$ 100 - million technology transfer investment into Turkey to help realize the country's high - speed rail vision for 2030.

A long gestating plan to build a rail line connecting Camden to Gloucester County to the south has a feasibility study underway, Seymour said, though no dedicated funds yet exist for the estimated $ 2.6 billion project.

Battles over priorities in a huge governmentwide spending bill are essentially settled, leaving a scaled - back plan for President Donald Trump's border wall and a huge rail project that pits Trump against Capitol Hill's most powerful Democrat as the top issues to be solved.

It is slated to become a transport hub that will house the main terminal for a planned high - speed rail link with Singapore.

In a 2003 interview with the Brooklyn Rail, Firth and Tarlow told a reporter they would have their own farm upstate supplying their restaurants by the next year, with further plans for their own vineyards, free - range livestock, and dairy farms.

Giroud — too slow, too inconsistent, no good enough to link - up play and he's symptomatic of when the Wenger plan truly fell off the rails... he obviously has some great skills but they would make far more sense on a team that was fighting for much lesser objectives because we have never used a formation that works to his strengths (2 up top like France) and as such he should be sold to the highest bidder regardless of who it is

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS — Plans for a new Arlington Heights Metra commuter rail station one block west of the current stop received the blessing of the Village Board.

There is also concern about a lack of clarity over plans for the rail scheme in South Yorkshire.

Tolls on motorways and charges for lorry drivers would be used to fund a major upgrade of the rail network, including high speed train lines such as a London - Edinburgh link, under plans set out by the party today.

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We've already set out plans this autumn for a huge investment in rail, and my RHF the Transport Secretary will set out in the new year plans to take High Speed 2 to the North West and West Yorkshire.

The abandoned west coast main line rail franchise could be followed by the scrapping of the Department for Transport's controversial planned high speed rail network linking London with Birmingham, its opponents are hoping.

But the structure of Labour's plans for rail renationalisation and caps on fare increases stand to benefit relatively well - off voters in the south east — a group not generally seen as core to Labour's welfare efforts.

The head of the Long Island Rail Road unveiled a turnaround plan for the commuter rail line, which last year slumped to its worst on - time performance in almost two decaRail Road unveiled a turnaround plan for the commuter rail line, which last year slumped to its worst on - time performance in almost two decarail line, which last year slumped to its worst on - time performance in almost two decades.

It's hard to make the case that rail would be dramatically more efficient under Labour's plans for public ownership, as the party has committed to several things which would keep costs high — though could easily also result in better service.

Cross London Rail Links (CLRL) was set up in 2001 as a joint venture by Transport for London (TfL) and the Department for Transport (DfT) to develop plans and costs for Crossrail.

But when asked what the rail sector needs to do to convince the public that driverless trains are safe, he replied: «The current plan for the digital railway is not about driverless trains.

Cuomo has railed against the Republican plans in Washington to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, singling out two New York GOP congressmen, Chris Collins and John Faso, who have proposed an amendment to charge the state $ 2.3 billion to pay for county Medicaid costs.

Two months after she proposed the plan, the Long Island Rail Road has agreed to City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley's (D - Middle Village) request to let the community turn a dilapidated newsstand in Ridgewood into open space for the community.

«If we can't build these 9.8 miles of track now, when a plan is on the table within the Long Island Rail Road right of way, then this may well be our last opportunity for a third track,» Bellone said.

Cuomo took a victory lap to celebrate approval in the state Senate of a nearly $ 2 billion plan to build a third track for the Long Island Rail Road on its Main Line in Nassau.

«It beggars belief that the mayor who was elected in 2008 on a pledge to keep open every ticket office is now planning to close every single one, with all that means for safety and jobs,» Manuel Cortes, leader of the TSSA rail union, said.

The Department for Transport has today launched Transport Direct, a new website offering a travel planning service for rail, bus, car and plane journeys all over Britain.

CHA did some site design work for a solar panel factory that SUNY Poly is building in South Buffalo, and also has more than $ 30 million in various state contracts for everything from dam inspection to crafting a high speed rail plan.

Williams plans to resign at year's end from her current position as chief development officer for RATP Dev America, a private French firm that operates rail and bus systems worldwide.

The state's plan called for removing the rails between Tupper Lake and Lake Placid for a trail corridor that could be used by hikers, bicyclists, snowmobilers and cross-country skiers.

«We should have been, 25 - 30 years ago, planning for high - speed rail, and you know, the technology exists,» said Higgins, D - 26th District.

Cuomo has railed against the tax plan for its push to end deductions of state and local taxes, a move that would impact high - tax states like New York.

The plans call for a brand new, 255,000 - square - foot train hall, which will accommodate both Amtrak and Long Island Rail Road passengers, that's scheduled to be completed by the end of 2020.

Last week, Cuomo revealed his plans for the $ 5.2 billion reconstruction of the Tappan Zee Bridge, which, to the consternation of mass transit advocates, failed to include a bus rapid transit or commuter - rail option.

And Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority officials warn that a separate plan to extend Metro Rail at the other end of the line into the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad terminal at the foot of Main Street also is imperiled by Trump's proposal to discontinue another funding source pegged for the $ 42 million project.

Fred Thiele and the Long Island Rail Road on the plan to run trains between Speonk and Montauk for workers to reduce traffic.

The Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grants, which already funded the program of returning traffic to portions of Main Street, were planned to pay for extending Metro Rail into the former passenger terminal, redeveloping it for commercial use and connecting it to the adjacent KeyBank Center.

The government announced plans on Sunday for a # 9bn investment in the rail network, including electrification of railway lines and a fund to pay for reopening lines and stations, which Cameron declared would be the biggest rail spending spree since Victorian times.

Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin announced this afternoon that the UK Government is going to delay or cut back a number of modernisation projects planned for Network Rail because rising costs and missed targets make the # 38.5 bn plan untenable.