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Lawmaker says light rail's funding 'looks p romi si n ' ()/07/1998) I <br /> page <br /> "Those were eye-opening numbers of what it would cost to have a <br /> highway-only solution," wa enius said. <br /> The future of rail transportation in the metropolitan area includes <br /> both light rail and commuter rail. Light rail involves building new <br /> tracks for trains powered by wires from overhead lines while <br /> commuter rail uses existing tracks. <br /> That makes it substantially less expensive," wagenius said. "We <br /> have some freight lines that are barely used." <br /> The commuter rail system could run to the Twin Cities from <br /> Hastings, Forest Lake, Chaska, Northfield and E[k River. <br /> Money in the bonding bills would start construction of light rail and <br /> move into the engineering phase of commuter rail, which is the next <br /> step beyond the studies that have been done. <br /> u}imiriimmimmimmi <br /> ��� igP ail.e.I}I}I�I P•ii,i°}it iiii,�;p,;q"i <br /> http-//www.pioneerplanet.corn/seven-days/6/news/docs/02743 5.htrn 3)l 12/98 <br />