The nationa’s only privately funded passenger rail: Florida’s All Aboard Florida’s Brightline venture, a high-speed train that would connect Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Orlando with an expansion of the project linking West Palm Beach to Orlando
Who brought suit to stop the privately funded rail? 2 Florida counties + Citizens Against Rail Expansion in Florida
What are the complaints?
- That federal agencies did not sufficiently assess the project’s environmental impacts and risk to public safety when approving $1.5 Billion in bonds
- Traffic congestion
- Noise
- Property devaluation
- Boat back-ups at bridge crossings
- ublic safety risks at the 59 at-grade road crossings
What’s happening legislatively?
- Florida’s Republican US Seantors are meeting with US rail officials over saety after 4 deaths
- 2 bills in the legialature to require greater safety standards
Courthouse News Service | Lawsuit Seeks to Derail Florida Passenger Train Project