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President Joe Biden will announce $8.2 billion in federal funds to build a new high-speed rail system between California and Nevada in addition to nearly a dozen other major new rail projects nationwide.
(The Center Square) – The White House announced Friday a major expansion of high-speed rail around the country paid for by the infrastructure bill passed earlier in Biden’s term.
The money will fund 10 passenger rail projects across the country.
President Joe Biden on Friday announced $8.2 billion in federal funds for new rail projects, including $3 billion for nation's first high-speed system between Nevada and California.
Efforts to expand and upgrade passenger rail service both along the Hi-Line and in southern Montana got boosts this week to the tune of more than $15 million from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.