Consultant says Wyoming shouldn’t miss high-speed train

Wyoming should not miss the train if Colorado goes ahead with a proposed high-speed passenger rail system, a consultant says.

"It would be almost foolish not to work with them," said David Simpson, a senior transportation planner with TranSystems of Kansas City, Mo., who is consulting with the Wyoming Department of Transportation.

Colorado is considering investing more than $10 billion in commuter rail on the Front Range and into the mountains on the Interstate 70 corridor, Simpson said. Promoters of the project envision a high-speed rail system from Casper to south of Albuquerque.

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