High-speed rail money for Ohio and Wisconsin redirected

摘要

The US Department of Transportation announced on 9 December it will redirect some USD 1.195bn of the high-speed rail funds it had originally set aside for Ohio and Wisconsin to other states. Initially, Wisconsin had been allotted USD 810M for a Madison to Milwaukee corridor, and Ohio USD 400M for its '3C route-Cincinnati-Columbus-Cleveland. Governor-elect Scott Walker of Wisconsin and Governor-elect John Kasich of Ohio had both saic they'd refuse to spend Recovery Act money on high-speed rail projects in their states, following their early November elections.