<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3h589R_0q962nMW00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3h589R_0q962nMW00" width="1900" height="1069" >SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Proposals for passenger trains connecting Salt Lake City to Las Vegas and Boise were not selected to receive any federal funding going to rail project planning around the country.Utah Department of Transportation officials applied in June for a $500,000 grant to study a passenger rail between Salt Lake City and Las Vegas, a proposal they called the “Desert Wind Corridor."An application that focused on connecting Boise and Salt Lake City was also not included in the FRA's selections.Utah was not included in any of the 69 proposals awarded with funding, which was announced by the Federal Railroad Administration on Friday.The FRA's announcement did not include why the applications weren't selected.A proposal from the Nevada Department of Transportation was selected to receive up to $500,000 for a possible high-speed rail connecting Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., and Las Vegas.Transportation departments in Colorado and Arizona, two other states which border Utah, were also selected to receive funding for their proposals._____</div></body>

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Passenger train from Salt Lake to Las Vegas, Boise excluded from federal funding selections

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Proposals for passenger trains connecting Salt Lake City to Las Vegas and Boise were not selected to receive any federal funding going to rail project planning around the country. Utah Department of Transportation officials applied in June for a $500,000 grant to study a...