Local Planners To Lobby State On Behalf Of Amtrak Line

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Local planning officials are working on a plan to save the Pere Marquette Amtrak line, as documents from the Michigan Department of Transportation indicate that the agency may be planning to phase it out. Executive Director of the Southwest Michigan Planning Commission K- John Egelhaaf says that maps for a project called the Midwest Regional Rail Initiative don’t include the local passenger line:

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