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Panel Gives High Speed Train Proposal Lukewarm Approval ANN ARBOR, MI (Michigan Radio) -

A legislative task force is giving a tentative green light to a proposal to build a privately funded high-speed train system connecting Detroit and Lansing.

The train would use Magnetic Levitation.

Magnetic Levitation, or Maglev trains ride on an electronic cushion to float along a track at high speeds. There are a few small scale Maglev trains running in Europe and Asia.

State Representative Bill Rogers (R-Brighton) headed the legislative task force that reviewed the mag-lev proposal. Rogers says the train could create jobs with cutting edge technology. But Rogers says there's just one problem, the promoter hasn't shown he's got 2 billion dollars to build the project.

"There's a lot of money that this thing will cost," says Rogers, "And I can't say we saw all the sources. And it definitely wasn't sitting in a bank account someplace."

The state must approve the train's proposed route along interstate highways.


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