Amtrak passenger railway could be coming to Columbus
The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission confirms Amtrak is looking at five different routes throughout the state of Ohio. Author: Olivia Ugino (WBNS) Updated: 1:14 AM EST February 3, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio A new passenger train line could be coming soon to central Ohio. The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) says Amtrak approached them last week about the project.
“We haven t had a [passenger] train through Columbus since 1979. and the last time they were trains running in the 3-C corridor between Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati was 1971,” said Stu Nicholson, Executive Director of All Aboard Ohio.
Nicholson has been pushing for passenger trains in the region for years.
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An ordinance to increase fees Groveport residents pay for motor vehicle registrations is expected to receive its third and final reading Feb. 8, but some on Groveport City Council believe now – with family finances affected by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic – is not the time to seek higher taxes.
Members may decide to table the measure or “put it off until Jan. 1,” Councilman Scott Lockett said Jan. 26.
“It’s been a tough time for many people,” he said. “It’s not that it’s that much money, but when they go to pay the license fee, then they’re going to add another $5. It just sounds like a money grab.”
The Central Ohio Transit Authority board passed a five-year capital budget that includes $2.875 million for a new transit center near Rickenbacker Airport.
The Rickenbacker Mobility Center will include not only stops for COTA fixed routes and first mile/last mile services for people to reach their work sites, but will also include food services, child care, health care and job training services, said Patrick Harris, COTA s assistant vice president of government affairs/corporate communications. It really is a quality of life center, Harris said Wednesday after the meeting.
It will also be a stop for regional transit services from Pickaway and Fairfield counties, he said.
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