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Northern Lights Express getting more official

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Cambridge mayor Marlys Palmer told a friend of mine (who told me) that the Northern Lights Express was basically a ‘done deal,’ and should be ready to go between 2012 and 2015. But let’s get it moving faster than that. Right now I’m just waiting for its website to get official. We can make this happen, together.

There’s been some flap about some increases to the cost estimates ($60 million+) for improved rail lines around Sandstone. But officials were saying that this is one possible increase and that there’s a whole smorgasbord of possibilities …. sounds like no one knows yet, but it’s likely the $400 million estimate for the line isn’t a “hard” estimate.

Written by Dan McLean

November 11, 2008 at 9:26 am

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