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Committee signals support for passenger-rail study and authorizes city manager to pursue FTA grant assurances
Summary
The Government Operations Committee agreed to support a state resolve to study intercity passenger rail from Portland to Orono and to authorize the city manager to execute federal transit application assurances for Community Connector funding; both items will go to the full council for formal action.
The Bangor Government Operations Committee on March 1 told staff to proceed with testimony supporting LD 487, a state resolve directing the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority to seek federal funding to study the rail corridor connecting Portland and Orono, and agreed the city manager should be authorized to…
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