California, North Carolina, Ohio, and Maryland receive $235M in Recovery Act dollars for high-speed rail

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced $235 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act dollars for high-speed rail projects in California, North Carolina, Ohio, and Maryland.

“President Obama’s bold vision for high-speed rail is a game-changer for transportation in the United States,” LaHood said. “This undertaking will not only create good jobs and reinvigorate our manufacturing base, it’s also going to relieve congestion on our roadways and reduce our dependence on foreign oil.”

The California High Speed Rail Authority received $194 million preliminary engineering and environmental analysis for 520 miles of its high-speed rail corridor. The North Carolina Department of Transportation received $17 million to improve rail stations between Charlotte and Raleigh. The Ohio Department of Transportation received $14.9 million for preliminary engineering and environmental analysis for the 3-C corridor, which connects Cincinnati through Dayton and Columbus to Cleveland. The Maryland Department of Transportation received $9.4 million for improvements to the BWI rail station at Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport.