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Obama boosts high speed rail and transit spending

2009-02-20T12:27:00

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USA: At a ceremony in Denver on February 17, President Barack Obama officially signed the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act, a $787bn economic stimulus measure which provides nearly $50bn in direct funding for transport investment.

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