Plans for florida high speed rail resurrected

A proposed high-speed rail line in Florida may not be dead after all. Florida Gov. Rick Scott rejected $2.4 billion in federal funding last week for a high-speed rail line between Tampa and Orlando, but the project has not run off the tracks yet.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood met with Scott Friday morning to discuss the plan in an attempt to keep it alive. Touting jobs the project would create and the potential economic growth for the state of Florida, LaHood said in a written statement that Scott "asked me for additional information about the state's role in this project, the responsibilities of the Florida Department of Transportation, as well as how the state would be protected from liability."

The Republican governor had cited potential cost overruns, long-term operating costs and questions about the projected use of the line as a reason for canceling the high-speed rail project.

Source: CNN