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[QUOTE]Originally posted by PullmanCo: [QB] Actually, there's a National group that proposes exactly what you mentioned: KC-Tulsa-OKC-Dallas ... as I recall, that was once the route of the Oil Flyer. I think their desire was to bring this route onstream vic 2025. One problem is even before the BNSF merger, Santa Fe ripped the track from Ottawa to Humboldt KS. That means roadbed overhaul and trackbuilding. Remember, at the moment, Kansas is not even thinking of HSR. Their grant pre-app said the same old 79MPH poke-along. That's one of the reasons I'm skeptical and cynical about this effort. DOT-FRA guidance clearly says the expectation is 110MPH or better. Kansas is simply saying 79MPH. If I were making a policy recommendation, I'd be telling the bosses... Kansas is non-compliant, do not fund. After all, with a 12:1 application to funds available ratio, DOT is going to run out of Feddybux long before they run out of qualifying projects. That's why I keep asking: Plan B? Folks in Kansas are going to need a Plan B. Having a Plan B available is far better than scrambling after Plan Only fails. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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