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For the required grade crossing improvements, money from the state of Florida may be hard to come by. It seems that the House side of the legislature is not moving forward like the Senate side. However, there might be some federal money available. There are groups in the Treasure Coast that aren't warming up to the idea of a fast train zooming by their homes, especially when there would be no station, as currently planned, to serve the area. Click title for link to article.

“These negative impacts have to be mitigated,” said Boca Raton Mayor Susan Haynie, who serves as chairwoman of the metropolitan planning organization.

She said the MPO and its partners have asked for funding everywhere they can find it, and will travel to Washington next week to apply for federal funds through a Department of Transportation grant program. Other funds may be available from the state, even if the $10 million grant is cut from the legislature’s budget, such as rail enterprise funds.