QuoteAnjali Fluker
Orlando Business Journal
Siemens has been chosen for a second contract dealing with the $2.5 billion All Aboard Florida intercity passenger rail.
Coral Gables-based All Aboard Florida on June 30 announced it chose Siemens to maintain and service all its passenger-rail train sets that will connect Orlando and Miami starting in 2017, creating 110 jobs. As part of the 30-year contract, Siemens will handle inspections, corrective and preventative maintenance, and provisioning of parts and labor at a new train maintenance facility at Orlando International Airport, along with a smaller complex to be built in West Palm Beach, said a press release.
The jobs include 70 Siemens positions and 40 All Aboard Florida positions.
Full article: http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2015/06/30/all-aboard-florida-chooses-train-maintenance-firm.html
Thanks Lake. I had this in draft form last night for posting and got pulled away.
There is a video interview of AAF CEO Reninger at the Ft Lauderdale construction site that I am trying to get posted as well.
Quote from: Lunican on July 01, 2015, 11:44:12 AM
I guess the anti AAF groups aren't having much success?
Not so far. The suit against DOT was dismissed up in DC. But the suit did cause the PAB decision to be delayed.
There have been 2 congressional efforts to get bills on the floor to cap or limit DOT funding for the RRIF, both of which never got out of committee.
But what is really raising a stink is that Scott vetoed the funds that were going to be used to remediate the crossings to support "no horn zones".
So now Martin and Indian River Counties will have to reach into their own funds to pay for it, which is how it is supposed to work anyway.
Because Broward County played ball and horse traded with AAF, they wont be paying for all of the remediation. (AAF will)
So the next legal angle will be the PAB approvals with the FDFC. Martin and Indian River were skipped by AAF so they will have troubles with standing.
The latest tactic has been to go after the bridges, some of which are just under 100 years old and obstructions to river navigation.
Any political assistance wont come until the next governor gets elected. They have scortched their relationship with Tallahassee pretty good.