Maglev Train From LA To Las Vegas Still Up In Air

Officials chasing federal money to onstruct a high-speed, magnetically propelled train between Las Vegas and Anaheim, California, say powerful friends in Congress are keeping their bid alive.

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June 22, 2001, 9:00 AM PDT

By Christian Madera @http://www.twitter.com/cpmadera


"The Transportation Department earlier this year chose two routes from seven proposals for further study: one in the Pittsburgh area and one between Washington and Baltimore. But officials have not yet selected a final route to award $950 million and the five other groups are still hoping to land the money. The flat, straight desert route of the California-Nevada proposal is still the best bargain and best suited for immediate construction, said Neil Cummings, president of the American Magline Group, a consortium of companies intent on completing the project. Cummings was scheduled to appear today at a House hearing on the magnetic levitation, or maglev, train technology."

Thanks to Christian Peralta

Thursday, June 21, 2001 in Las Vegas Sun

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