WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A high-speed rail line across the Delmarva Peninsula is among the proposals in a plan for improving rail service along the heavily traveled Northeast corridor.
The line would head south from Wilmington, through the Eastern Shore and across the Chesapeake, stopping in Annapolis before Washington. The line is one of 15 proposals in a report that doesn't examine the costs of the proposals. The Delmarva route, for example, would require a costly rail bridge or tunnel across the Chesapeake.
"It's too early to say if this is all wishful thinking," said Rebecca Reyes-Alicea, manager of the Northeast Corridor Project for the Federal Rail Administration. "The higher levels of service would certainly require greater commitment across the region in terms of investment."
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14 comments:
It won't happen. It would be nice to have a rail line to Wilmington, where travelers could change trains.
It will be like the proposed RT99 that was to go the same route.There was no money then or now.
And, you KNOW there will be some new taxes for THAT. Over and over, year after year, more and more. I'm predicting lots of cost overruns, too. And new committees. New "oversight" boards. New laws and penalties. Lots of bribes. Insider real estate deals. Kickbacks and payoffs. A few new surcharges. They are just THINKING about it and the drool is already running down their slippery (everything about them is slimy and slippery) chins. Have I mentioned how much we would save each year if we just hung them all right now? Do the math...
Keep your rail lines over there, and reduce my taxes instead. We'll do fine with our slow grain line hauling out the crops, and hauling the money back here.
This line wouldn't be anywhere close to us. At a minimum it would be 60 miles. Right now we can drive to Wilmington to catch the line and that's about 40 more miles from Salisbury. I'll take lower taxes and an occasional 40 extra minutes in traffic.
It is truly hilarious when people on the Eastern Shore are faced with major changes.Just imagine how much faster Santa will be able to deliver presents.If it goes right through everyones yard he won't even have to get out.
If they did this they should at least add a 5 lanes car traffic bridge across the bay at the same time.
What is really odd about this is that the freight rail roads don't seem to be part of the conversation.
Freight rail roads would LOVE a route that bypasses DC & Baltimore (low clearances, tunnels, LOTS of heavy traffic). DC and Baltimore both want HazMat train traffic to not travel through their downtown when passing through. There is a win/win here if it is explored right.
Anonymous said...
This line wouldn't be anywhere close to us. At a minimum it would be 60 miles. Right now we can drive to Wilmington to catch the line and that's about 40 more miles from Salisbury. I'll take lower taxes and an occasional 40 extra minutes in traffic.
May 5, 2013 at 4:58 PM
Ummmm... Wilmington is a 2 hour drive. You obviously don't leave Wongo much do you? 40 minutes won't even take you to Dover. Some people are to stupid to vote.
The local businesses would fight it. They would have to pay workers two peanuts per hour instead of one. With a train as such people would be able to commute to the big cities for a real salary.
In reality the commuter train should at least begin on the Eastern Shore of Virginia if not Salisbury. I am many others would visit NYC more often if we could take a high speed commuter train out of Salisbury to NYC instead of having to drive to Wilmington. We could also ship our fright and farm goods to the cities up north via rail. We already have much of the infrastructure in place already.
8:17...it's about demand. there are like 5 people on the eastern shore! you sound like the people that expect dave and busters or whole foods to come to town...you are a fast food stop on the way to the beach...that's it
10:31 Re-read what I wrote.
First, Wilmington is about 100 miles from Delmar, where this blog originates. I stated that the line would be 60 miles away. Then wrote that I would rather be in traffic an additional 40 minutes with lower taxes. If I drive 60 miles from Delmar, then I would be on route 1, about 40 miles/ minutes (depending on speed and traffic) from Wilmington.
To spoon feed you: I would rather drive approximately 100 miles to Wilmington and keep taxes where they are than drive approximately 60 miles to a new rail line.
Also, 10:31 the correct way to write that is: Some people are too stupid to vote.
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