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SunRail would connect to Brightline at Orlando International, to the Orange County Convention Center, and to Disney Springs.

Passenger rail service in Florida wasn’t included Friday as the White House announced awarding $8.2 billion for a series of major rail projects.

Backers say rail service can help reduce vehicles on Central Florida’s congested roads.

Brightline is “making tremendous strides" toward an Orlando-to-Tampa route after completing a project connecting Miami and Orlando.

Florida lawmakers are championing hundreds of projects including $50 million for Brightline to extend rail from Orlando to Tampa.

Florida lawmakers are championing hundreds of projects and seeking billions of dollars as they prepare for the start of the 2024 legislative session in January.Topped by $50 million requests for expanding water storage and treatment in the Lake Okeechobee and Caloosahatchee River basins and for speeding up private passenger rail between Orlando and Tampa, House members as of Monday morning had filed just under 1,500 separate proposals that would require $3.1 billion to fund.

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