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Senate advances $500,000 request for Promontory rail restoration study

Utah State Senate · January 18, 1996
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Summary

Senators advanced Senate Bill 15, which would authorize roughly $500,000 in state funds for the Promontory Rail Restoration Project — including money for an environmental impact study and design work — and placed the bill on the third-reading calendar after Montgomery described local matching funds and tourist-rail plans.

Senate Bill 15, carried by Senator Robert F. Montgomery, was advanced to the third-reading calendar after Montgomery described a community-led plan to restore rail service from Corinne to Promontory Point and to establish a tourist train running from Union Station in Ogden to Promontory Point.

Montgomery told the Senate the project team seeks approximately $500,000 in state…

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