From the ArcaMax Publishing, News & Features Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/newsheadlines/s-575133-585947
LAS VEGAS (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., says the maglev rail
project that would have connected Las Vegas to Southern California is
facing a dismal future.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal said Friday the U.S. senator has proposed
that the $45 million allocated in a 2008 federal transportation bill
for the magnetic levitation train project be used on other,
unspecified efforts.
"Maglev is going nowhere," Reid, a staunch supporter of the maglev
concept for the last three decades, said Thursday.
"I have personally arranged the appropriation of millions and millions
of dollars, and it has gone to pay salaries and studies," he added.
Reid, who estimated the maglev project's final cost at $40 billion,
still supports the proposed DesertXpress project that would connect
Las Vegas and Victorville, Calif.
The Review-Journal said construction on the DesertXpress should begin
in 2010 with its nearly $4 billion price tag likely covered by federal
loans and private investors.