Act No. 72

(H.761)

Transportation; Federal Railroad Administration; High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program; grants; appropriation

This act:

(1) Adds two grants awarded to Vermont under the federal High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program (HSIPR) to the fiscal year 2010 transportation program: a $50 million grant for improvements along the New England Central Railroad line and a $500,000.00 planning grant for Vermont and New York to jointly develop a corridor service plan for an intercity passenger route between Albany, NY and Rutland, VT. 

(2) Appropriates $15.7 million of the $50 million grant to authorize spending within fiscal year 2010.

Date Signed by the Governor:  March 30, 2010

Effective Date:  On passage (March 30, 2010, the date on which the governor signed the bill)