UPDATE: The U.S. Dept. of Transportation has given Florida officials until Feb. 25 to find a way to address Gov. Rick Scott’s stated concerns about financial risk and keep the project alive.
Florida state lawmakers and members of its Congressional delegation are racing to find a way to save the state�s high-speed rail plans and the $2.4 billion in federal dollars committed to build it, after Gov. Rick Scott rejected the funds for building a Tampa-to-Orlando line.