Detroit rail line closer as senate passes key components of plan
Legislators passed key components to Detroit’s potential $103 million private rail line backed by billionaires Dan Gilbert and Roger Penske.Excerpt:The proposal, pushed by billionaires Dan Gilbert and Roger Penske,
would use $103 million in private money to build the street-level rail
line looping between Hart Plaza and Grand Boulevard in the New Center
area. Its 12 stops would include major businesses, theaters, ballparks,
museums and hospitals. “It has the potential to be a model for
creating mass transit in Michigan,” said Sen. Jud Gilbert, R-Algonac,
chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee. Read the entire article here.
Legislators passed key components to Detroit’s potential $103 million
private rail line backed by billionaires Dan Gilbert and Roger Penske.
Excerpt:
The proposal, pushed by billionaires Dan Gilbert and Roger Penske,
would use $103 million in private money to build the street-level rail
line looping between Hart Plaza and Grand Boulevard in the New Center
area. Its 12 stops would include major businesses, theaters, ballparks,
museums and hospitals.
“It has the potential to be a model for
creating mass transit in Michigan,” said Sen. Jud Gilbert, R-Algonac,
chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee.
Read the entire article here.
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