(Reuters circulated the following on April 6, 2011.)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Almost half of the states, along with the national rail service Amtrak, are eager to get the funds for building a high-speed train network that Florida recently rebuffed, the Transportation Department said on Wednesday.
Altogether, 24 states, the District of Columbia and Amtrak submitted requests for the $2.4 billion that Florida’s new Republican governor, Rick Scott, turned down on the belief high-speed rail is a waste.
Eleven of the states seeking the funds have Republican governors, including Wisconsin, which earlier spurned high-speed rail initiatives.
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