But for the first six years, the new line may serve one region: the north. The rest of the service into the more sparsely populated plains of southern Colorado would have to wait until 2035.
Colorado's proposed Front Range Passenger Rail is one of nearly 70 projects nationwide in the queue to receive federal funding under the bipartisan infrastructure law.
Sources tell News5 that President Joe Biden is planning to visit Pueblo later this month. They say that Biden will be in the Steel City on Tues. Nov. 28.
Cleanup and road repairs are nearly complete after a coal train derailment and deadly bridge collapse closed Interstate 25 in both directions north of Pueblo on Sunday. The northbound lanes should reopen sometime Thursday, according to Colorado Department of Transportation officials.