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Updated: 2:48 PM Feb 16, 2010
WI budget committee approves money for rail
The Wisconsin Legislature's budget committee has approved using $810 million in federal stimulus money to build a high-speed rail line between Madison and Milwaukee.
Posted: 1:50 PM Feb 16, 2010Email Address: news@weau.com |
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The Wisconsin Legislature's budget committee has approved using $810 million in federal stimulus money to build a high-speed rail line between Madison and Milwaukee.
The Joint Finance Committee on Tuesday also voted to approve $12 million for improvements on the existing Hiawatha line between Milwaukee and Chicago.
Republicans objected, saying the project won't create the thousands of jobs promised and the new line will cost taxpayers too much to operate.
The committee voted 12-4 along partisan lines to approve spending for the new line.
The new 85-mile line between Madison and Milwaukee is envisioned to have stops in Brookfield, Oconomowoc and Watertown and begin operating in 2013. Backers say it will create up to 13,000 jobs over the next five years.
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