Otero County Commissioners Pledge Support for RAISE Grant to Improve Southwest Chief Railway in Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico

Description: Otero County is pledging $12,500 to endorse this worthy effort of rehabilitating the final section with new rail, turnouts, and grade crossings, thereby keeping Southwest Chief running in Colorado. (Photo Credit: Daniel Chaparro)

Otero County Commissioners Pledge Support for RAISE Grant to Improve Southwest Chief Railway in Colorado, Kansas, and New Mexico

Re: Proposal to Support RAISE Discretionary Grant Application

To Whom It May Concern,

The Otero County Commissioners are extending their support of the application for Federal National Infrastructure Investments under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, RAISE (Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity) Discretionary Grants Program. The grant will fund the continuation of improvements to segments of the BNSF Railroad where Amtrak's Southwest Chief operates in the states of Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico. Previous awards include a TIGER VI Grant in 2014 to Garden City, Kansas, the TIGER VII Grant to La Junta, Colorado in 2015, and a TIGER IV Grant to Colfax County, New Mexico in 2017, all of which contributed to significant upgrades to the railway to passenger train standards.

Otero County is pledging $12,500 to endorse this worthy effort of rehabilitating the final section with new rail, turnouts, and grade crossings, thereby keeping Southwest Chief running in Colorado.

Thank you for your time and consideration towards this vital project.

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