{"id":19988,"date":"2013-04-12T13:32:47","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T13:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utu.org\/?p=19988"},"modified":"2013-04-12T13:32:47","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T13:32:47","slug":"fra-unveils-vison-for-northeast-corridor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/fra-unveils-vison-for-northeast-corridor\/","title":{"rendered":"FRA unveils vison for Northeast Corridor","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-19989\" style=\"margin-top: 4px;margin-bottom: 4px;margin-left: 12px;margin-right: 12px;border-width: 1px;border-color: black;border-style: solid\" title=\"NEC_COVER_prelim_alts_report\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/NEC_COVER_prelim_alts_report.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"194\" \/>The Federal Railroad Administration is currently managing a comprehensive planning effort to define, evaluate and prioritize future levels of investment in the Northeast Corridor (NEC) through 2040.<\/p>\n<p>This effort, launched in February 2012 and called <a href=\"http:\/\/america2050.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6f5b47bf0d4024a50dad16479&amp;id=4b4946942e&amp;e=21b144cf2c\">NEC FUTURE<\/a>, will produce a Service Development Plan that articulates the overall scope, alternatives and approach for proposed improvements, and a Tier 1 Environmental Impact Statement that evaluates and identifies ways to address broad, corridor-wide environmental impacts due to these improvements.<\/p>\n<p>This process is a federally-required step before major construction to overhaul the corridor&#8217;s aging, unreliable, and congested infrastructure can begin.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0View the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.necfuture.com\/pdfs\/prelim_alts_report.pdf?utm_source=America+2050&amp;utm_campaign=3c578783e1-America_2050_Email_Update10_5_2011&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FRA\u2019s NEC FUTURE Preliminary Alternatives Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Railroad Administration is currently managing a comprehensive planning effort to define, evaluate and prioritize future levels of investment in the Northeast Corridor (NEC) through 2040. 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