re: After ‘unexpected’ $20M windfall, state to fund train from New Orleans to Baton Rouge

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In fact, the estimate was for $80-100 million to retrofit or rebuild the Bonnet Carre portion of the line.

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To be fair, that CN (ex-IC) bridge is in much need of rebuilding. Trains have to be rerouted every time it rains more than a few drops because the damn tracks wash out.

Traveling over that bridge on the City of New Orleans to/from Memphis is nerve-wracking.