Amtrak and Maryland are counting on the roughly $1 trillion infrastructure bill to provide funding for the $4 billion replacement of the Baltimore & Potomac Tunnel, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Amtrak and the Maryland Department of Transportation announced plans to develop a new tunnel, to be named after abolitionist Frederick Douglass, in June.
The new tunnel itself would cost about $2.7 – the rest of the $4 billion would go towards new tracks and bridge replacements south of the tunnel and a new commuter rail station in West Baltimore.
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