CT to Get Major Fed Investment for High Speed Rail

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 25, 2010

Contact: Caren Auchman

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Rebecca Kaplan

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DODD, GOVERNOR RELL, CONNECTICUT CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO ANNOUNCE MAJOR FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN HIGH-SPEED RAIL

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Monday, Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) will be joined by Governor Rell, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Congressman John Larson (CT-1) and Congressman Chris Murphy (CT-5) to announce a major federal investment in the high-speed rail connecting New Haven, Hartford and Springfield, MA at the Amtrak Station in Meriden.

This funding from the Department of Transportation (DOT) will be added to the $260 million that the State Bond Commission has approved to help finance the project and will be used to establish faster, more frequent intercity and commuter rail service and encourage transit-oriented development throughout central Connecticut.

As the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, which has jurisdiction over public transportation, Dodd has been a longtime advocate for high speed rail service in Connecticut. Dodd, DOT Secretary LaHood, Connecticut’s Congressional Delegation, Governor Rell, and state officials have been working together to deliver federal funds to Connecticut to complete the Tri-City Corridor that will provide residents of central Connecticut with better access to New York City, western Massachusetts, Vermont, and eventually Boston.

WHO: Senator Chris Dodd

Governor Rell

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro

Congressman John Larson

Congressman Chris Murphy

Speaker Chris Donovan

ConnDOT Commissioner Jeff Parker

WHERE: Meriden Amtrak Station

60 State Street

Meriden, CT

WHEN: MONDAY, October 25, 2010

3:00 p.m.

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