Illinois is set to get millions of dollars for high-speed rail projects that were . But that news may not be as good as it sounds.
WBEZ's Alex Keefe that Ohio and Wisconsin were allotted nearly $1.2 billion in stimulus money for high-speed rail projects. But the newly-elected Republican governors of those states had promised to use the money elsewhere.
Illinois Senator Dick Durbin -- if only it would be re-appropriated to Illinois. The plea seems to have worked.
Today the federal government made good on its threat to "use it or lose it" - and redistributed the money to 14 other states.
That'll mean more than $42 million for train projects in Illinois.
Rick Harnish heads the Chicago-based , an advocacy group. He says today's news doesn't bode well for the prospects of a multi-state high-speed rail network.
鈥淔or our state, it's good. But for our economy, it's bad,鈥� Harnish said.
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