MATCHING MONEY• $1.5 million – Georgia Department of Transportation• $1.3 million – Chattanooga• $250,000 – Atlanta• $250,00 – Tennessee Department of TransportationSource: Joe Ferguson
After about a decade steering Chattanooga’s high-speed train efforts, Joe Ferguson says he’s ready to let someone else take the throttle.
Ferguson is leaving Chattanooga’s Enterprise Center, which he led for three years before becoming director of special projects and focusing on the bullet train.
“It’s timely to move out,” he said, adding Georgia and Tennessee officials are awaiting the OK from the Federal Rail Administration to start drawing down on $13 million for more study of the venture.
Ferguson said the next step is to specifically map the route and station locations for the envisioned Atlanta to Chattanooga rapid rail line.