Federal Railroad Administration Advances Rail Connection Between Detroit and Metro Airport | The Michigan Chronicle
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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has initiated steps towards establishing a rail link between Detroit and its Metro Airport. On Friday, the agency unveiled a comprehensive rail strategy, earmarking billions for new construction and funding for rail expansion in numerous corridors across the United States.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/9443273

Central to this initiative is Amtrak’s ambitious Cleveland–Toledo–Detroit/Pontiac corridor. This proposed route would facilitate travel from Pontiac to Cleveland, with strategic stops in Troy, Royal Oak, Detroit, Toledo, and Sandusky. Notably, this week saw the inclusion of two key destinations: Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus and Cleveland Hopkins Airport in Ohio. Under the Corridor Identification and Development Program (Corridor ID), this corridor is set to receive up to $500,000 for planning a new conventional rail system.

Another idea looong overdue. I guess more than 100 years of inertia is bound to render civic planning a little…rusty.