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Article: Working on the railroad; It's the last mile that's the sticking point for Ann Arbor proposal.(Focus)
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- Crain's Detroit Business
- Article date:
- August 7, 2006
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Byline: Bill Shea
A $27 million proposal to establish a commuter railroad service designed to alleviate traffic congestion on U.S. 23 north of Ann Arbor faces a snag of its own because the rail company leasing some of the track involved isn't interested in being a part of it.
The project, the brainchild of Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje, initially would ferry commuters on a line between Ann Arbor and a large park-and-ride lot on Eight Mile Road near Whitmore Lake in Livingston County's Northfield Township while U.S. 23 is torn up for construction next year. Owosso-based Great Lakes Central Railroad would provide converted railcars and much of the track ...
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