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Will the General Assembly stop a high-speed rail from coming to Missouri?

Posted: 04.13.2011 at 5:15 PM

Updated: 04.13.2011 at 5:35 PM

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A Missouri House Committee has thrown a wrench into Governor Jay Nixon’s plans for a high-speed rail in Missouri.

Last month, Nixon began a quest to get $1 billion in federal funds for the rail. The House Budget Committee rejected an attempt to insert the rail money into a state budget bill on Wednesday.

Republican lawmakers expressed concern that even if Missouri got the federal money, it would only fund design and land acquisition for a new route between St. Louis and Kansas City and would not cover construction or operation costs.

The Nixon administration said it will continue with the application for the money.

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