Portland to Seattle Amtrack Gets $6 Million
10/02/2008

The train from Portland to Seattle just got speedier.  The article states that “Federal officials awarded [Amtrak] $6 million to the Point Defiance Bypass Project, which is intended to reroute Amtrak service near Tacoma. The new route would avoid a tunnel and a congested area near the Port of Tacoma”. 

Originally, I was thinking that it would shed about an hour off the trip making Seattle that much more accessible.  Nope, try about 6 minutes!

For $1 million dollars a minute in saved time, travelers now have plenty of time to get a snack before your meeting or a beer before the kickoff of the Seahawks game.

State and local money in Washington will match the $6 million grant.  “The money will pay for preliminary engineering, environmental review and right of way acquisition for a 1.2 mile D Street to M Street segment [in Washington].”

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