Timeframe

This page will include details of the major milestones involved in the project including:

§	Securing the funding
§	Passing of the relevant legislation
§	Beginning of construction
§	Commencement of passenger service

In general we believe that the following milestones are the most likely ones achievable.

2004	Campaign begins
2007	SB75 passes creating a NH Rail Transit Authority
2007	Rail Transit Authority Steering Committee is formed
2008	Preferred options for service levels and funding are published
2008	Funding authorization passed in the house and senate
2008	Construction begins
2009	Train service begins between Boston and Nashua
2010	Train service begins between Boston and Manchester
2011	Train service begins between Boston and Concord

There is a long process to go through before the railroad will be operational and this is as much to do with following legal and due process as construction and engineering problems. For example, in addition to the recently passed SB75 that creates the Rail Transit Authority, the actual project itself will be subject to additional funding requirements that need to be passed by the New Hampshire state legislature to grant powers to construct it.

This will be a major infrastructure project and it is hard to predict how long the funding process may take. However, it is expected that this may be finished by the middle of 2008. Construction work can then commence in late 2008/early 2009 and take approximately 3 years to complete.

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