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Article: Funding for Clark County Rail Project Included in Washington State Transportation Budget
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- May 1, 2009
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To: TRANSPORTATION EDITORS
Contact: Eric Temple of PVJR, +1-206-660-4731; or Fred Abraham of
Clark County, +1-360-397-2323, ext 4113
OLYMPIA, Wash., May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 25th, the
Washington State Legislature passed its 2009-11 Transportation
Budget which included $1 million in funding to begin to rehabilitate
a portion of Clark County / Chelatchie Prairie Rail Line.
According to Eric Temple, the President of the Portland Vancouver
Junction Railroad (PVJR), the tremendous cooperation between Clark
County, its Railroad Coordinator, the Clark County Railroad Advisory
Board, and the PVJR was a critical element in raising awareness in
Olympia about this important infrastructure ...