Northeast Corridor Improvement Project: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978 - Railroads |
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... possibility of these goals being achieved . In fact , we have found that the goal of rebuilding the corridor so the trip times can be met by 1981 has been virtually ( 1 ) abandoned . No one we have talked with suggests the.
... possibility of these goals being achieved . In fact , we have found that the goal of rebuilding the corridor so the trip times can be met by 1981 has been virtually ( 1 ) abandoned . No one we have talked with suggests the.
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... talked with suggests the project will be completed by 1981. Instead , we have heard that completion may come in 1982 , 1983 , and even 1984 . We realize this is no simple undertaking , rebuilding a corridor that has been neglected for ...
... talked with suggests the project will be completed by 1981. Instead , we have heard that completion may come in 1982 , 1983 , and even 1984 . We realize this is no simple undertaking , rebuilding a corridor that has been neglected for ...
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... talking about the $ 1.75 - billion program that was man- dated by the Congress to attain the trip - time goals by 1981 , which were specified in that law , when I left we were still on that schedule . The earliest problem that we had ...
... talking about the $ 1.75 - billion program that was man- dated by the Congress to attain the trip - time goals by 1981 , which were specified in that law , when I left we were still on that schedule . The earliest problem that we had ...
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... talking about was this : If out of these further studies there came a need to consider changing the scope of work , then probably the schedule would have to be changed as well as the authorized cost . As I understand it , that is being ...
... talking about was this : If out of these further studies there came a need to consider changing the scope of work , then probably the schedule would have to be changed as well as the authorized cost . As I understand it , that is being ...
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... talking about 80 to 85 percent of only about 10 percent of the work . We never did really have an ambitious goal in 1977 for Amtrak . Mr. BURTON . So you set a goal for 10 percent , and you did not reach that goal . Mr. SAWYER . They ...
... talking about 80 to 85 percent of only about 10 percent of the work . We never did really have an ambitious goal in 1977 for Amtrak . Mr. BURTON . So you set a goal for 10 percent , and you did not reach that goal . Mr. SAWYER . They ...
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A/E Contractor Amtrak Anti-Deficiency Act approval audit authority awards Baltimore tunnel Bechtel bridges BURTON Cather/Parsons CAYWOOD Chairman completed CONGRESS THE LIBRARY ConRail construction management Contracting Officer corridor improvement project cost COTR coverage damage DCP's Department of Transportation engineering Federal Railroad Administration freight funds GEDNEY going Government HALTERMAN high-speed rail implementation indemnification inspection involved labor Lawson leased equipment Leuw LIBRARY OF CONGRESS LYONS MAGUIRE ment Metroliners million national defense NECIP Northeast corridor improvement operations package PALUMBO passenger percent performance planning problems procurement product liability production professional liability Project Director Public Law purchase order Purchase Requisition pursuant question rail redirection study REISTRUP Release Rental Control request responsibility risk SAWYER schedule Section self-insurance space frame specific staff stations subcommittee subcontractors SULLIVAN talking things THOMPSON tion train trip-time goals unusually hazardous vehicles Washington Welding York
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