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===2010=== In October 2010, the Chicago Hub received more money from the FY 2010 High Speed Rail Allocation. The major grants were: *$230 million for Chicago–Quad Cities–Iowa City<ref name="fra.dot.gov">{{cite web|url=http://www.fra.dot.gov/Page/P0230 |title=Chicago to Iowa City Intercity Passenger Rail Service Project|access-date=July 31, 2013}}</ref> *$161 million for Chicago–Detroit–Pontiac<ref name="fra.dot.gov"/> Following the 2010 gubernatorial elections in [[Wisconsin gubernatorial election, 2010|Wisconsin]] and [[Ohio gubernatorial election, 2010|Ohio]], both newly elected governors repeated their intentions of shutting down the projects in these two states and returning the money to the federal government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.narprail.org/cms/index.php/hotline/more/hotline_679/|title=Nov 05, 2010: Hotline #679|publisher=National Association of Railroad Passengers|date=November 5, 2010|access-date=November 7, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716181357/http://www.narprail.org/cms/index.php/hotline/more/hotline_679/|archive-date=July 16, 2011}}</ref> Following the return of funds, the federal government redirected the $145 million intended for Wisconsin and Ohio to the [[Pacific Northwest Corridor|State of Washington's high-speed rail corridor]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/04/8_WASecuresOHWIRailFunding.htm |title=It's official: Ohio and Wisconsin high-speed-rail funding coming to Washington |publisher=[[Washington State Department of Transportation]] |date=April 8, 2011 |access-date=April 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306163717/http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2011/04/8_WASecuresOHWIRailFunding.htm |archive-date=March 6, 2012 }}</ref> and to Connecticut to modernize the [[New Haven-Springfield Line]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2019}}
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