How will this affect the Michigan High Speed Rail Network, if there is no Ohio connection? How about a connection into or past Chicago?

Governor-elect John Kasich has been quoted as saying, "Passenger rail is not in Ohio's future." Ohio was slated to get $400 million in federal funds for passenger trains between Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland. Kasich minced no words in talking about the project. "That train is dead," he said.
John Kasich, Ohio's governor elect has vowed to make killing the rail project for his state and the region his top priority. What's more, he wants the money to be redirected for other freeway infrastructure projects.
Kasich has made it known that he intends to kill the Ohio '3-C Rail Project', which aimed to connect Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Cincinnati with a high speed rail line. With $400 million already allocated to Ohio for the project, Kasich wrote to President Barack Obama urging the federal government to invest the money elsewhere in the state's infrastructure. Obama denied the request, and the current governor will maintain spending on research and construction up until his term ends.
Meanwhile, Republican winners in two other states have also pushed to end high speed rail projects, and request the money be spent on roads, bridges, and freeways.

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