February 16, 2009: MSNBC "Stimulus Could Give Calif. High-Speed Rail"
Submitted by VHSR on February 16, 2009 - 3:00am.
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Suddenly, the state of California may have moved even closer to getting high-speed rail.
The California Public Interest Research group hailed news on Thursday that billions of dollars in President Barack Obama's recently passed stimulus plan could be used to pay for the state's new high-speed rail system.
Congress added $9.3 billion in the American Reinvestment and Economic Recovery Act for development of high-speed rail and other intercity rail throughout the U.S.