Florida

Written by jrood

Florida Governor Rick Scott has authorized the Department of Transportation on behalf of the State of Florida to sign the pending Full Funding Grant Agreement for the SunRail project in Central Florida.

On Tuesday, FDOT Secretary Ananth Prasad spent the day meeting with
citizens across Central Florida and the SunRail funding partners to
discuss the framework of the SunRail project.

"The local officials
told me they strongly support SunRail and will work with the State and
businesses to ensure its success. Furthermore, they clearly understand
that the local governments will cover cost overruns," said Secretary
Prasad. "Be assured, I will hold the local officials and the private
businesses to their commitments to make SunRail succeed."

SunRail
is a commuter rail transit project that will run along a 61-mile stretch
of existing rail freight tracks in Central Florida. The major funding
partners for the project are FDOT, the Federal Transit Administration,
Orange, Seminole, Volusia and Osceola counties and the city of Orlando.

The
31-mile first phase of SunRail will serve 12 stations, linking DeBary
to Orlando. Phase II will serve five additional stations, north to
DeLand and south to Poinciana. Service is expected to begin in late
2013- early 2014.

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