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Ohio to get $400M for high-speed rail

Conceptual rendering of Dayton Union Station by Levin Porter Associates provided by the city of Dayton. The station will be located at Sixth and Ludlow streets in downtown Dayton.

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Staff Report Updated 12:32 AM Friday, January 29, 2010

WASHINGTON — Ohio will receive $400 million in federal economic stimulus funds to establish high-speed rail lines that will carry passengers between Dayton, Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said Thursday, Jan. 29.

The U.S. Department of Transportation will provide the money. It is less than the $564 million that Ohio requested, but Gov. Ted Strickland said it will be enough for the work that must be done.

The project would create thousands of permanent jobs and economic development along the rail route, as well as temporary construction jobs, Brown said.

Ohio rail passengers could connect with service to Chicago and the East Coast. At least six million people live within 15 miles of Ohio’s proposed rail route.

It would provide the first regularly scheduled passenger rail service between Ohio’s major cities in more than 30 years, Brown said.

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