Michigan To Get $161 Million For High-Speed Rail From Detroit To Kalamazoo

LANSING – Michigan is expected to get a total of more than $161 million in federal funds to help develop high-speed rail service from the Detroit area to Kalamazoo, members of the state’s congressional delegation said.

Members of Congress are supposed to get notice of federal grants several days before the federal agency can make an official announcement about the grant.

A spokesperson for the Federal Rail Administration said Monday he could neither confirm nor deny that the state would get such grants. Any official statement will not come until later in the week, the spokesperson said.

But U.S. Sen. Carl Levin (D-Detroit) and U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Lansing) and U.S. Rep. John Dingell (D-Dearborn) said Monday that the state would get $150 million to help plan and build a high-speed system from Dearborn to Kalamazoo. The state will also get grants to help plan for additional rail service between Ann Arbor and Detroit.

The grant will require the state provide matching funds, however, to get the money.

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