American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Stimulus)
On January 28, 2010, the White House announced that Southeast Corridor would receive $620 Million of its request. This money is primarily for capacity upgrades along the Raleigh-Charlotte portion of the corridor, along with some money for the Richmond-DC portion, as the Tier II Environmental Impact Statement for the important Raleigh-Richmond portion is not expected to be complete until 2011.
Read more about this topic: Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor
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