Group urges Gov. John Kasich to get high-speed rail on track in Ohio
By SCOTT SUTTELL
2:39 pm, March 18, 2011
A group of elected officials and business and community leaders is urging Gov. John Kasich to get high-speed rail on track in Ohio.
The 12-member group, which includes U.S. Reps. Tim Ryan and Betty Sutton — both Democrats — and Cleveland real estate developer Ari Maron, wrote a March 17 letter to the governor asking him to support "an emerging public-private partnership which seeks to pursue the planning and development of rail freight and high-speed rail connecting the Cleveland-Akron-Youngstown-Pittsburgh region."
Gov. Kasich campaigned against and later killed the so-called 3C corridor, a commuter rail line that would have linked Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati. The governor took heat for rejecting $400 million in federal money for that project, but he never wavered from his argument that the line would have been a waste of money because it would have resulted in a slow-speed, north-south transportation link with no practical value.
By SCOTT SUTTELL
2:39 pm, March 18, 2011
A group of elected officials and business and community leaders is urging Gov. John Kasich to get high-speed rail on track in Ohio.
The 12-member group, which includes U.S. Reps. Tim Ryan and Betty Sutton — both Democrats — and Cleveland real estate developer Ari Maron, wrote a March 17 letter to the governor asking him to support "an emerging public-private partnership which seeks to pursue the planning and development of rail freight and high-speed rail connecting the Cleveland-Akron-Youngstown-Pittsburgh region."
Gov. Kasich campaigned against and later killed the so-called 3C corridor, a commuter rail line that would have linked Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati. The governor took heat for rejecting $400 million in federal money for that project, but he never wavered from his argument that the line would have been a waste of money because it would have resulted in a slow-speed, north-south transportation link with no practical value.
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Ken Prendergast
Executive Director
All Aboard Ohio
12029 Clifton Blvd., Suite 505
Cleveland, OH 44107
(216) 288-4883
kenprendergast@allaboardohio.org
www.allaboardohio.org
Executive Director
All Aboard Ohio
12029 Clifton Blvd., Suite 505
Cleveland, OH 44107
(216) 288-4883
kenprendergast@allaboardohio.org
www.allaboardohio.org
