PRINTER'S NO. 1141
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
189
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY PASHINSKI, READSHAW, SCHLOSSBERG, CALTAGIRONE,
NEILSON, MURT, FREEMAN, KAUFER, HILL-EVANS, MILLARD, DeLUCA,
SCHWEYER, MARKOSEK, MULLINS, TOOHIL, BOBACK, KORTZ, DRISCOLL,
ROZZI AND BOYLE, APRIL 2, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 2, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to
conduct a study of the feasibility of providing passenger
rail service between Wilkes-Barre and Scranton in conjunction
with the proposed restoration of passenger rail service
between Scranton and New York City and issue a report of its
findings and recommendations to the House of Representatives.
WHEREAS, In a letter to the President of the United States
dated April 21, 2009, United States Senators Robert P. Casey,
Jr., and Arlen Specter, together with Senators Charles E.
Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, announced their support to
restore passenger rail service from Binghamton, New York,
through Scranton, to New York City; and
WHEREAS, Amtrak has agreed to conduct a feasibility study of
the Scranton to New York City link, known as the Lackawanna
Cutoff project; and
WHEREAS, In June 2009, the United States Environmental
Protection Agency declared a finding of no significant impact
for a new passenger rail line between Morris County, New Jersey,
and Scranton, a vital section of the Lackawanna Cutoff; and
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