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(The following appeared on the Baltimore Sun website on March 15, 2011.)

BALTIMORE — State transportation officials are trying to make sure Florida’s loss is Maryland’s gain as they prepare applications for about $450 million in federal high-speed rail grants for two projects along the Amtrak Northeast Corridor.

Maryland Department of Transportation spokesman Jack Cahalan said the state is preparing one application for $250 million to complete construction of a new rail station and an added track at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.

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