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Slow cash flow may hurt Lancaster, Pa.-area rail project.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, August, 2004

By Patricia A. Poist, Lancaster New Era, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Aug. 20--John Ward is hoping the federal government can pick up the pace in releasing money his organization is supposed to get to develop a commuter rail line between Mechanicsburg and Lancaster.

Otherwise, said the president of the Harrisburg-based Modern Transportation Partnership, the organization could face "cash flow problems" and delay the project, referred to as CORRIDORone.

Ward expressed his concerns to key members of the U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum and U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts staffs Thursday and said he was told by his Washington contacts that his organization might not receive the $12.3 million it needs for the design phases of the project until "at...

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