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Ned Lamont: “All rail will be 15 minutes faster within the next 10 years.”

Featuring: Ned Lamont, Democratic | Governor of Connecticut

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Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Discusses State's Future and Personal Insights at Connecticut Mirror Event

Published | Video Starts at 21:52

They have long term benefits and I borrow some money to do that. That's why we have a capital account. We are borrowing some money to rebuild our transportation system. All rail will be 15 minutes faster within the next 10 years. We are borrowing to do that. What I don't want to have happen is people use one time federal money to pay for long term operating expenses because that federal money, John, does end in, in about a year and then you have a cliff. (21:52–21:57)

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Asserts that Connecticut's rail system will be 15 minutes faster within a decade.

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