The House of Representatives voted 213-141 Thursday to pass SB 241, enabling legislation to fund the project development phase of the capital corridor rail project.
You can write to the House Public Works and Highways Committee and ask, who voted yes… as we need to know who to blame for this travesty when it fails to deliver.
Please let the House of Representatives and the Governor know that considering the failures of commuter rail in almost every other state where it has been tried, you do not support it.
As the state mulls whether to go forward with a commuter rail project connecting Manchester and Boston, people wonder whether it would be worth it. Commuting by car to Boston, one of the most congested cities in the world, is clearly a headache, but what is it like to commute to Boston by train?
That’s what NH should be focusing on, well paying jobs, not expensive underutilized trains. …giving people less reason to work out of state, not more.
Mayor Joyce Craig spoke during a public hearing in Concord for a senate bill that would access federal funding for passenger rail in NH.
A new, statewide, nonpartisan business coalition launched Tuesday that is committed to expanding passenger rail from Boston to Manchester, NH.
The state’s two largest Chambers of Commerce, economic development and rail advocates expressed unwavering support for passenger rail expansion from Boston to Nashua and Manchester, despite a narrow New Hampshire Senate vote May 12 against restoring funding for the New Hampshire Capitol Corridor rail expansion project.
On May 3 the Senate Transportation Committee voted not to reinstate the $4 Million into HB 2016 that was needed for the next phase of the Capital Corridor Project. The vote was 2 to 3 for the reinstatement; voting against were Senators Gary Daniels of Milford, Regina Birdsell of Hampstead, and Nancy Stiles of Hampton. We note that not one penny of that $4 million comes from state funds.
A new map by Ed Staub displays the members of the NH Senate Transportation Committee, their districts, and their ratings from the New Hampshire Business & Industry Association (BIA) and from Americans for Prosperity (AFP), as reported by Project Vote Smart.