British Columbia is continuing to study the feasibility of a high-speed train linking Vancouver with Seattle and Portland, in partnership with Washington state and Oregon.
On Tuesday, the province announced it was investing another $300,000 to study the construction of a high-speed rail network in the region.
The province entered a memorandum of understanding with Washington state to jointly review the economic and environmental impacts of opening up a bullet train between the two regions in 2019.Previous phases of the study estimated that construction of a high-speed rail line could generate up to $355 billion across the three regions, and create as many as 200,000 jobs.
Construction of the project is estimated to cost $42 billion, with revenue covering the cost of the project by 2055.
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