Congresswoman Corrine Brown told us that Florida is due to
get a 40 percent increase in federal transportation dollars. This could be – or
should be – great news for SunRail.
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| Congresswoman Corrine Brown |
Congresswoman Brown, whose district stretches from
Jacksonville to Orlando, has always been a great friend of SunRail. She has the
distinction of being the only Floridian in the House of Representatives serving
on the Capitol Hill Conference Committee that fine tuning the Surface Transportation
Reauthorization and Reform Act is intended to fund federal transportation
projects with up to $325 billion through 2021.
Ms.
Brown has been forcefully making the point that considering Florida’s size and
the amount of money taxpayers send to Washington the feds have been
shortchanging the Sunshine state for years.
Assuming
that everything goes OK, Florida can be in for a windfall and that has the
potential for being good news for SunRail if Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Legislature
treats us fairly. After all, we have major unfinished business, especially the
SunRail expansions to DeLand (possibly Orange City), Orlando International
Airport, and hopefully dollars to provide weekend service.
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