BDN: Maine lands $20 million federal grant to support rail upgrades

By Darren Fishell, BDN Staff

PORTLAND, Maine — Maine will receive federal funding for more than half of a project to upgrade railroad lines, which the state’s top transportation official said will make it easier to ship goods to and from the state.  

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins announced Monday that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the Maine Regional Railways Project $20 million to rehabilitate 384 miles of track, reducing bottlenecks caused by speed limits on certain parts of track by summer 2017, according to the grant application.

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