While the train involved is indeed an Amtrak train, the tracks are owned by Sound Transit. Sound Transit owns the entire bypass from Tacoma to Nisqually. [
m.soundtransit.org].
The upgrade of those tracks to enable passenger service was primarily funded through the FRA, not Amtrak.
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Washington state is delivering nearly $800 million in federally funded rail corridor improvements using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) high-speed rail grants administered by the Federal Railroad Administration. The Point Defiance Bypass is one of those ARRA-funded projects.
Project budget - $180.7 million
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www.wsdot.wa.gov]
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/18/2017 04:05PM by Rader Sidetrack.