PITTSBURGH — Allegheny County Chief Executive Jim Roddey will work with local, state and federal officials to find a route for a proposed high-speed magnetic train that won’t dissect Robinson Township, the Associated Press reported.
“I don’t favor one route over another, but I’m determined to find the least destructive route,” Roddey said.
Roddey attended the Robinson Township commissioners’ meeting Monday night to voice his concern about a plan to run the track through the Allegheny County community.
Also on Monday night, the commissioners voted unanimously to fight the proposed route.
Pittsburgh is competing with Baltimore-Washington for $1 billion in federal funds to build the first commercial magnetic levitation train in the United States.
Several communities through which planners have proposed building a track oppose construction, saying it would disrupt commerce and lower real estate values.