Sentences with phrase «state rail investments»

The plan will create a state policy on freight and passenger rail transportation to enhance rail service and serve as the basis for future federal and state rail investments.

Not exact matches

While Querétaro is well - positioned at a key intersection of the so - called «NAFTA Highway,» the network of roads, rail and telecommunication lines that connect the U.S. to Mexico City, the state has had a long history of foreign investment.

The state government and land developers should work together to source private investment for future transport projects, according to «entrepreneur rail model» advocate, Peter Newman.

One feature hindering investment in both the NSW and Queensland coal industries is the fragmented ownership of the supply - chain assets; a large number of mines share mostly state - government - owned rail and port infrastructure.

Slaughter mentioned that she and Congressman Brian Higgins, D - Buffalo, were looking for money to fund high - speed rail between Buffalo and Rochester to double down on the state's economic development investments.

«What I believe here is that this gives the backing to the MTA and the Long Island Rail Road to stop payments, and as I've been reading in the news and hearing on the news is Amtrak, after the governor and our national representatives... have gotten together calling on Trump for federal funding, which I fully support, Amtrak came out and said that they have the money to do this fix,» said state Sen. Elaine Phillips, the bill's sponsor who also chairs the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee.

Cuomo has spent the last week or so touting the state's investments in roads, bridges, subways, airports, a rail tunnel, a convention center, a train station, and so on.

These include a shrinking pool of in - country rail sector experts (which the Obama administration acknowledges is the result of the relatively small investment in passenger rail in recent decades), a lack of money available at the state level for such projects, and the need for safety standards specific to high - speed trains.

The lure of stimulus money, plus a separate five - year, $ 5 billion investment in high - speed rail beginning as part of the administration's suggested fiscal year 2010 budget, has led to 45 applications from 24 states for a total of $ 50 billion in long - term, high - speed rail corridor projects, and another 214 requests from 24 states for a total of $ 7 billion for the smaller, «shovel - ready» work.

The Northeast Corridor Commission was created — in accordance with the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 — for a simple reason: You may come from different states, with different economic strengths and different needs, but we are stronger and more effective when we work together.

The effort to purchase standardized equipment is led by the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act Section 305 Next Generation Corridor Equipment Pool Committee, comprised of representatives of interested states, the Federal Railroad Administration, Amtrak, host freight railroad companies, passenger railroad equipment manufacturers and suppliers, and other passenger railroad operators.

The Obama Administration's investments in high - speed rail are also projected to create hundreds of thousands of good - paying jobs in the United States.

Preparation of a State Rail Plan that is compliant with the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 and Federal Railroad Administration requirements.

a long - range rail service and investment program for current and future freight and intercity passenger infrastructure within the State that meets the requirements under subsection (f);

Completion of updates to Oklahoma's 1992 State Rail Plan to meet the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 and Federal Railroad Administration requirements.

11: Urban).57 In New York State, two feet of sea level rise is estimated (absent adaptation investment) to flood or render unusable 212 miles of roads, 77 miles of rail, 3,647 acres of airport facilities, and 539 acres of runways.53 Port facilities, such as in Maryland (primarily Baltimore), also have flooding impact estimates: 298 acres, or 32 % of the overall port facilities in the state.53 These impacts have potentially significant economic ramificatState, two feet of sea level rise is estimated (absent adaptation investment) to flood or render unusable 212 miles of roads, 77 miles of rail, 3,647 acres of airport facilities, and 539 acres of runways.53 Port facilities, such as in Maryland (primarily Baltimore), also have flooding impact estimates: 298 acres, or 32 % of the overall port facilities in the state.53 These impacts have potentially significant economic ramificatstate.53 These impacts have potentially significant economic ramifications.