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ODOT outlines Heartland Flyer costs: $280.8M infrastructure, $56.2M state match estimate
Summary
ODOT presented a cost estimate to extend or upgrade passenger service, saying infrastructure needs could total about $280.8 million with an expected 20% state match of roughly $56.2 million and operating costs of $8–10 million annually for Oklahoma.
ODOT staff told the committee that the infrastructure cost to support expanded passenger-rail service on the corridor that could host the Heartland Flyer is roughly $280,800,000, and that available federal programs could cover about 80 percent of those capital costs.
Gatz said the department estimates the 20 percent state match would be roughly $56,200,000. Those figures, he said, covered infrastructure investment—double tracking where needed, crossing…
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