Newspaper asks: End of the line for SunRail-CSX deal?
April 2, 2009 at 11:26 am by Wayne GarciaThe future of rail transit, at least in Orlando and Central Florida, hangs in the balance in the Florida Senate, where the controversial deal to buy 60+ miles of track from CSX Transportation is stalled.
Now, the word out of Tallahassee is that the bill (and SunRail’s dreams of connecting Orlando to the East Coast of Florida and eventually Tampa Bay) may be dying if not dead.
From the Daytona Beach News-Journal:
Halfway through the annual legislative session, supporters say they don’t know whether they will have enough votes to get the controversial project passed.
As an indication of the problems, two Volusia-area senators say they likely will vote against the project, and another says she is undecided.
“I think that anybody that says they’ve got locked-down, guaranteed victory or defeat is premature,” said Sen. Lee Constantine, an Altamonte Springs Republican who is sponsoring a bill that would clear the way for the 61-mile system linking Volusia and three other counties.
