Biden's Infrastructure Plan Makes Another Attempt At 3C+D Rail

President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan includes an $80 billion investment in passenger rail. Amtrak has announced one of the projects from that investment would be another crack at creating a train system that goes from Cincinnati to Cleveland.

The "3-C+D corridor" proposal is back. This is a train connecting Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, and Cleveland, with other stops also along the way.

In 2011, then-Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio) rejected $400 million dollars in federal funds to create the corridor. Back then, the speed of the train was a target of critics.

Derrick James, Amtrak director of government affairs, said the new corridor proposal is faster.

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