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demmiblue

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Tue Aug 16, 2022, 07:27 AM Aug 2022

Northern Michigan passenger rail plan, from Ann Arbor to Traverse City, one step closer to reality

In July, Michigan state lawmakers, led by northern Michigan’s Senator Wayne Schmidt, included $1 million to advance the Northern Michigan passenger rail Phase II planning study in the State of Michigan’s 2023 Labor and Economic Opportunity budget.

Last week, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced that project partners will be awarded the remaining $1.3 million through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant program to advance the northern Michigan passenger rail Phase II planning study. RAISE is a competitive grant program that supports transportation projects all over the United States.

The RAISE grant was awarded to the Cadillac/Wexford Transit Authority, which will work in partnership with the nonprofit Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities and other community groups and transportation agencies to complete the planning study.

https://www.clickondetroit.com/all-about-ann-arbor/2022/08/15/northern-michigan-passenger-rail-plan-from-ann-arbor-to-traverse-city-one-step-closer-to-reality/


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