'A generational undertaking': Buttigieg highlights $1.1 billion rail project to connect Raleigh and Richmond
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg joined Gov. Roy Cooper and others to highlight the new infrastructure spending.
North Carolina won big on a competitive federal grant, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg came to Raleigh on Monday to tout it.
Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, North Carolina will receive a $1.1 billion federal high speed rail grant to help connect Raleigh to Richmond. Amtrak and the North Carolina Department of Transportation will also provide a 20% non-federal match.
The funds raised aim to complete the initial phase of the Raleigh to Richmond Innovating Rail Program, which includes construction along the S-Line corridor from Raleigh to Wake Forest. The Raleigh-Richmond connection should be available for passenger travel by 2029-2030, according to the state transportation department.
“It’s a generational undertaking,” Buttigieg said at an event Monday at Raleigh Union Station. “It won’t be done overnight. But it will be done swiftly.”
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