Connecticut 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00495 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 495
22 January Session, 2015 LCO No. 1929
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44 Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
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66 SEN. CHAPIN, 30th Dist.
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1010 Proposed Bill No. 495
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1212 January Session, 2015
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1414 LCO No. 1929
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1818 Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
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2222 SEN. CHAPIN, 30th Dist.
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2424 AN ACT FUNDING AN INDEPENDENT STUDY TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF RESTORING PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE FROM DANBURY TO THE MASSACHUSETTS BORDER.
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2626 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2828 That the sum of three hundred fifty thousand dollars be appropriated to the Department of Transportation, from the Special Transportation Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, for an independent study to determine the feasibility of restoring passenger train service along the existing line from Danbury to the Massachusetts border. Such study shall include a review of (1) the engineering feasibility, including a review of the cost estimates provided by the Housatonic Railroad to replace tracks and provide stations, (2) the market feasibility, including a financial analysis to analyze whether projected ridership numbers are reasonable, (3) operating feasibility, including a review of projected operating costs, and (4) the economic impact study commissioned by the Housatonic Railroad to independently determine the economic impact for northwestern Connecticut.
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3232 To study the expansion of passenger rail service from Danbury north.