Winston-Salem has been awarded a grant of $500,000 from the federal government for building a rail corridor from itself to Raleigh. The rail line would include stops in Cary, Durham, Burlington, and Greensboro.
Mayor Allen Joines said that Winston-Salem is the largest city in the state that does not have direct passenger rail service. He said this project has been in the works for over 15 years, and argued that many people would use the railroad if they could then easily travel north to New York and Washington, D.C. or south to Jacksonville, Florida.
The funding will enable officials of the city to develop the scope, schedule, and estimate for the cost of the project. The study will also examine how this route would complement the existing Carolinian and Piedmont rail services.
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Both the mayor and the DOT said that this will be a major step in integrating the city into the passenger rail systems existing in the state. Dan Besse, Forsyth County Commissioner, expressed his excitement about this federal funding to look at rail service for the city. Besse added that this is an exciting opportunity for economic benefits and to rebalance the transportation system so there are more traveling options.
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