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A last ditch effort to revive high speed rail in Florida has failed. An effort spearheaded by US Senator Bill Nelson to bring Orlando and Tampa transportation officials together with Amtrak executes will just miss the station with all conceding today there just isn’t enough time to meet the April 4th deadline.

“This is a huge disappointment because Florida’s project was going to be a model from the entire rest of the country it was going to be online on 2015,” said Nelson.

Nelson says Florida can reapply for the money next year, but warns the plan will still not pass muster unless the governor or state legislature acts to secure the right-of-way to build the rail.