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Amtrak's Coast Starlight train stops each day in Eugene on its way north from Los
Angeles, Calif., to Seattle, Wash. With budget cuts, service on Amtrak's Cascades soon
may be halted between Eugene and Portland.
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problem and look for additional
revenue to close the gap.
“We are definitely going to do
everything we can to make sure we
don’t lose any of that service,” he said.
AORTA Director Dan McFarlang
said the Cascades rail service and
bus lines are vital both for Oregon’s
economy and for providing a solid
transportation system. He said the
services create 40 family-wage jobs
and contribute to tourism.
“The bottom line is this is a proj
ect that brings in not only tourist
dollars but also provides transporta
tion,” he said. “Obviously we think
(cutting the program) is a step in the
wrong direction.”
Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s
budget does not include cuts to the
service, spokeswoman Marian Ham
mond said.
Transportation officials around
the state are worried about the im
pact the loss of Amtrak service
may have and are hoping for a
legislative solution.
Claudia Howells, a rail division
administrator for the Oregon De
partment of Transportation, said the
state needs a reliable source of funds
in order to keep a multi-modal
transportation system in place, a
goal she said ODOT has a statutory
directive to fulfill.
“(Oregon) must have a viable
transportation system,” she said. “I
think it’s a matter of whether you
believe rail is important enough in
these tough budget times.”
Howells said the Pacific North
west Rail corridor service is made
available through a contract with
ODOT and Amtrak and is paid for
using state funds. Without that
state funding, she said, Amtrak
would no longer be able to provide
the transportation.
Howells added that without the
rail service, Amtrak would also have
little incentive anymore to con
tribute to the Eugene Station Pro
ject, an effort currently underway at
the city level to improve the station
site in Eugene.
"We are definitely
going to do everything
we can to make sure
we don't lose any of
that service "
Floyd Prozanski
Oregon Represevative
D-Eugene
Despite the possible lack of state
funding for Eugene rail services,
help may come from the federal gov
ernment in the future. State officials
said the Bush administration’s pro
posal for transportation financing at
the federal level includes matching
funds for states that are trying to im
prove their transportation systems.
Concerned individuals can con
tact Schrader at (503) 986-1720,
Miller at (503) 986-1437 or com
mittee Vice Chairman Sen. Steve
Harper, R-Klamath Falls, at (503)
986-1728.
Contact the news editor
at janmontry@dailyemerald.com.
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