Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey must decide by Wednesday whether the state will make a $5.3 million commitment over three years to bring Amtrak service back to Mobile, connecting the city with New Orleans.
Rail advocates who are pushing for the return of Gulf Coast passenger rail say that Ivey has yet to meet with them and frustrations are mounting.
Said Jerry Gehman, the governor’s designee to the 21-member Southern Rail Commission: “On Thursday, this project is dead for Alabama. She’s the only one who can do this. Not her chief of staff or the Legislature. We need the governor’s signature.
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