District 6 Mobile City Councilman Josh Woods said Tuesday he does not support the current proposal to bring Amtrak back to the Port City, making it clear the project lacks sufficient support.
Mobile City Councilman Josh Woods said on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, that he does not support the current proposal to subsidize and Amtrak line between the city and New Orleans.that would allow the passenger rail company to build a train stop on city-owned property between the Arthur Outlaw Mobile Convention Center and the National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico. The proposal also includes a sidetrack where trains would park overnight.
But it all hinges on a subsidy from governments in the three states. The state governments of Louisiana and Mississippi each are picking up a third of the cost. Alabama’s share until recently was going to fall entirely on the city of Mobile, although the Alabama Port Authority last weekDistrict 5 Councilman Joel Daves is a longtime critic of Amtrak funding, and District 4 Councilman Ben Reynolds has declared himself a “no” vote, as well.
“At the moment, I am a ‘no’ vote,” he said. “Still, obviously hearing concerns. But, you know, there are pro-Amtrak comments that I’ve been hearing. But I’d also tell you some of my constituents – the vast majority of my constituents – are kind of opposed to the city subsidizing a federal Amtrak program.”
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