The legislature this year approved spending twenty million dollars to rebuild the railroad from Ft Pierre to Rapid City.
Representative Caleb Finck of Tripp, Chairman of the House Transportation Committee, says the rail is over one hundred years old…
Finck says the state money is only part of what will be invested…
Finck says putting money into the rail line will also help wear and tear on highways…
Finck says it will take several years to rebuild the entire run of the rail line.
