"The deal invests $66 billion in rail to eliminate the Amtrak maintenance backlog, modernize the Northeast Corridor, and bring world-class rail service to areas outside the northeast and mid-Atlantic. Within these totals, $22 billion would be provided as grants to Amtrak, $24 billion as federal-state partnership grants for Northeast Corridor modernization, $12 billion for partnership grants for intercity rail service, including high-speed rail, $5 billion for rail improvement and safety grants, and $3 billion for grade crossing safety improvements."
Looks like Infrastructure Part 1 has about $20 billion available for CAHSR to start jockeying for; no NEC or Amtrak to compete with. Considering Obama only doled out 8 billion which still isn't completely spent this should go a long ways.
Part II soon to follow.
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