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RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION URGING CONGRESS TO FUND RAIL
CORRIDOR STUDY AND TO PASS THE HIGH SPEED
RAIL INVESTMENT ACT.
WHEREAS, the City of Augusta is in the center of a trade area of more than 1,2
million people in Georgia and South Carolina, and
WHEREAS, the City of Augusta is the transportation hub of this trade area,
providing linkage to interstate highways, airlines and inter city buses, and
WHEREAS, the City of Augusta and Amtrak are in discussions to provide the
citizens of this trade area with rail passenger service, and
WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States recognizes the value of bringing
this transportation alternative to Augusta by including in Section 1213 (k) of TEA-21 language
that authorizes a study of the feasibility of high-speed rail passenger service from Atlanta
through Augusta and Columbia to Charleston, and
WHEREAS, the Congress has failed to provide the funding to accomplish this
important study.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IN RESOLVED, the Augusta-Richmond Oounty
Commission requests the Congress of the United States fund the Atlanta to Charleston Rail
Corridor Study, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Augusta-Richmond County Commission
urges members of Congress to give speedy passage to the High Speed Rail Investment Act, so
that the nation's rail passenger system can be updated and completed in a timely manner,
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