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Some of Congress s most influential lawmakers are supporting a proposal to bring high-speed rail between Boston and NYC Boston.com 1 hr ago © Provided by Boston.com The support intends to help persuade the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure to consider authorizing the formation of the North Atlantic Rail Corporation a public-benefit corporation that would serve as the vehicle for making the $105 billion project a reality. “The North Atlantic Rail Network will be the nation’s first integrated high-speed, high performance and regional rail network, serving the seven-state New York/New England region,” lawmakers wrote to Committee Chairman Rep. Peter DeFazio, an Oregon Democrat with Massachusetts ties himself. “It can serve as a prototype for new 21st century rail networks in the nation’s other mega-regions.”

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