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Proposed House Joint Resolution No. 54

 

January Session, 2017

 

LCO No. 2662

 

*02662*

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. CARNEY, 23rd Dist.

SEN. FORMICA, 20th Dist.

 

RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSAL TO CONSTRUCT AN ALTERNATIVE AMTRAK ROUTE THROUGH SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT.

Resolved by this Assembly:

That the General Assembly express its objection to the proposal by the Federal Railroad Administration to construct a bypass on the Northeast Corridor rail line through the towns of southeast Connecticut.

Statement of Purpose:

To object to the proposal by the Federal Railroad Administration regarding construction of a bypass on the Northeast Corridor rail line between Old Saybrook, Connecticut to Kenyon, Rhode Island through the scenic and historic towns of southeast Connecticut.