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Governor OK With More High-Speed Rail Money
(IRN) -- Illinois is receiving $42 million in additional funds for high speed rail projects in the state, and the governor is ambivalent about that.

With the governors of Ohio and Wisconsin giving back a combined $1.2 billion in high speed rail funds, the Obama administration has decided to disburse those dollars to states working on rail projects including Illinois, California and New York.

Gov. Pat Quinn says he welcomes the news, but says he is disappointed that other states backed off of a high speed rail plan.

Republican governors opposed to high-speed rail were elected in Ohio and Wisconsin in November. They have promised to kill projects in their states.

Quinn says the additional dollars will go towards a high speed rail line between Chicago and St. Louis.

(Illinois Radio Network)
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