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State Wastes $1.1 Million A Year on Commuter Rail Cars It's Not Using

February 01, 2015, 9:56 AM

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You have to scratch your head every time you hear about obvious government waste. Well, start scratching.

Michigan has been paying $1.1 million a year since 2010 to lease 23 passenger rail cars it can't use — and likely won't use for at least another two years — as the taxpayer tab for the troubled project approaches $12 million and counting, Paul Egan writes in the Detroit Free Press.

The double-decker cars from the 1950s and 1960s are in an Owosso rail yard.

The Michigan Department of Transportation started leasing them nearly five years ago for two commuter rail passenger services proposed between Detroit and Ann Arbor, and Howell and Ann Arbor, the Free Press says. None of the cars has logged a single mile.


Read more:  Detroit Free Press


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