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Is an 'end-run' in the works for SunRail?
CSX/SunRail critics are alarmed by proviso language that appeared today in the Senate budget bill, saying it could clear the way for the state to proceed with the controversial deal even if the bill currently encountering trouble does not pass.
Page 248 reads: From the funds in Specific Appropriations 1999, 2005, and 2009, the department may complete an escrowed closing on the pending Central Florida Rail Corridor acquisition; provided, however, the drawdown of such escrowed closing funds shall not occur unless and until final Federal Transit Administration full-funding grant agreement approval is obtained for the proposed Central Florida Commuter Rail Transit Project Initial Operating Segment.
"I'm concerned something like this is popping up at the very last minute as a potential end-run on a bill that is having difficulty moving and seems to be gaining opposition by the day," said Sen. Paula Dockery, R-Lakeland.
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