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Portland city staff and the rail authority still disagree on where the Downeaster station should go

If you ride the Downeaster, your station could move. The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority was awarded $48 million in federal funding, in August, to relocate it to St.

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Federal money would cover $48 million of the roughly $60 million cost

Sources: WMTW, The Portland Press Herald

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Federal funding$48M80%
Proposed state match$12M20%

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Daily Portlandto me · Tues., Nov. 106:00 a.m.

Portland and the rail authority still disagree on the Downeaster station

Plus, lobstermen cheer new whale findings and South Portland says no to an AI pause

The TLDR

  1. City staff and the rail authority still split on a new Downeaster station
  2. New federal whale findings give lobstermen hope
  3. South Portland's school board votes down an AI moratorium
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