Biden Administration backs Amtrak’s return to Gulf Coast AL.com 5 days ago John Sharp, al.com
The Biden Administration is officially tossing its support behind Amtrak’s return to the Gulf Coast.
The confirmation came in a letter from John Putnam, acting general counsel with the U.S. Department of Transportation to the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, charged with ruling whether Amtrak can restart a twice-daily service between Mobile and New Orleans. The service also calls for four stops in Mississippi – Pascagoula, Biloxi, Gulfport and Bay St. Louis.
Putnam, within a three-page letter submitted on Monday, urges the STB to “act expeditiously on Amtrak’s application” to restore the service to the Gulf Coast that was interrupted by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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