PPH Finally Reports on Last Tuesday's S&T Meeitng About the Amtrak Siting Location

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Can you say a week late on the news.  Why would some one pay $2.50 per week for this rag when they cannot even cover local issues in a timely manner.  I found an accidental work around to reading them on line so I am good.

I have moved to the no build camp.  The article say $25 to $30 million to build a station, but the documents presented for the meeting said $50 million (I also think one of the participants said $50 million).  At $50 million, it is not worth the expense for a potential increase of 21,000 passengers per year (also laid out in the documentation).

As to the arguement of site 2 over site 3 as to the distance, that is bogus.  1,200 feet is not a deal breaker in the walkability, etc. of the sites.  The fact that it is still on St John Street is a bigger draw back than the distance either site presents.

Steven Scharf

207-415-4662

SCSM...@aol.com

PS: I pissed off half the State of North Carolina on Facebook tonight by suggesting we need to stop spending government money to hold the ocean back from the Outer Banks.  They are literally just dumping sand into the ocean this week.

https://www.pressherald.com/2025/10/14/portland-rail-authority-mainehealth-at-odds-over-potential-new-amtrak-station-location/