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News Releases

12-6-07 New Vision for Intercity Rail Unveiled
10-23-07 NCDOT Gets $905,000 Grant for Railroad Crossing Safety Studies
in Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor
6-1-07 State Agencies Announce Possible Expansion of State Trails System
2-16-07

North Carolina and Virginia Continue to Work Together To Advance the
Southeast High Speed Rail Project

8-25-04 Study Says Charlotte to Macon Higher-Speed Trains are Feasible
6-13-03 Agencies begin second round of environmental studies for high speed rail project
11-6-02 Departments get Approval to Proceed with Next Phase of Southeast
High-Speed Rail Corridor
7-31-02 Southeast High-Speed Rail Tier I Final Environmental Impact Statement Completed
3-21-02 Route selected for high-speed trains in the Southeast
10-1-01 NC Transportation Official Testifies to US House on Rail Funding Need
8-24-01 North Carolina and Virginia form commission to develop high speed rail
8-13-01 Southeast High Speed Rail - Tier I Draft Environmental Impact Statement Completed
7-24-01 NC Transportation official testifies to the US House on funding for high speed rail
3-19-01 Southeastern Economic Alliance to kick off high speed rail push for region
10-24-00 Conference to focus on bringing high speed rail to southeast
2-29-00 Four Governors Push for High Speed Trains through southeast
News Articles
Winter 08

62 miles of rail-with-trail on high-speed corridor plan

1-22-08 Editorial: Fast Trains Ahead?
High speed rail still in planning, if not on tracks
, Charlotte Observer
10-28-07 Tracks toward a rail resurgence, News and Observer
10-27-07 Talking trains, News and Observer
10-22-07 Speedy trains seen in N.C., News and Observer
10-22-07 Raleigh hosts national high speed rail summit, News14 Carolina
10-17-07 Patrick Simmons on high-speed rail, The Independent Weekly
Speeches
7-25-01 Testimony to US House on Funding for High Speed Rail by David King
11-9-00 "Interstate II" - speech by Gil Carmichael
3-19-01 "Rail Renaissance" - Speech by Hugh McColl

Last updated April 2008.