High-speed rail money for Florida isn’t speeding return of commuter rail to Treasure Coast (Stuart News)
PORT ST. LUCIE — The state has received $1.25 billion that may cover half the cost of a high-speed rail system that one day may run through the Treasure Coast. Yet transit officials prefer to focus on putting passengers on the rail system that has so far failed to garner stimulus support: an Amtrak train on the Florida East Coast Railway lines, where it’s envisioned commuter service could …