by MEC407
After re-reading the article, it sounds like the original idea came from the Devens Enterprise Commission, and that the DEC then approached the Montachusett Regional Planning Commission and the towns of Ayer, Shirley, and Havard, to sign on as well.
DEC Administrative Director Peter Lowitt says his office approached Pan Am to see if they'd be interested in participating in the EPA Clean Diesel Grant program. The EPA will fund up to six $1 million grants for clean diesel projects in the region.The DEC enlisted MRPC for the grant writing assist.It doesn't look like Pan Am asked for anything. But it also doesn't look like they're saying no, either.
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Other towns signing off on a municipal letter in support of the grant are Shirley and Harvard...
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Pan Am Railways — Boston & Maine/Maine Central — Delaware & Hudson
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Pan Am Railways — Boston & Maine/Maine Central — Delaware & Hudson
Central Maine & Quebec/Montreal, Maine & Atlantic/Bangor & Aroostook
Providence & Worcester — New England — GE Locomotives