(Source: Associated Press, August 29, 2019)
BILOXI, Miss. — Federal funding has been awarded to Mississippi to support the return of passenger rail service between New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama, the secretary of U.S. Department of Transportation said Thursday. Mississippi is getting more than $21 million for infrastructure improvements, Elaine Chao said during the Coastal Region Transportation Summit in Biloxi. That includes a $4.3 million grant for the Southern Rail Commission to support the return of passenger rail service along the Mississippi Gulf Coast and $16.8 million to replace 12 bridges in rural Mississippi counties.
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