Last September, The PURTEE Team wrote in our Blog about the impact of Florida getting part of the $8 billion in grants for High Speed Rail infrastructure. In last night's State Of The Union address, President Obama announced his plans to travel to Tampa today to unveil grants to 31 states under the recovery act for state governments to begin developing new high-speed rail corridors or upgrade lines for future high-speed rail or intercity rail service. Thursday’s awards will include projects on 13 major corridors, as well as smaller awards to improve parts of existing lines.In Obama's words. "Tomorrow, I'll visit Tampa, Florida, where workers will break ground on a new high-speed railroad." Supporters of Florida's proposed high-speed rail system are optimistic that the reason is to announce funding for a Tampa-Orlando route. This is BIG! The 19th century was the railroad age. The 20th century was the highway age. High speed rail is planned as the transportation system of the 21st century!
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