4/25/13 - A locally-based entrepreneur is again proposing a multi-million dollar elevated rail system, this time to connect Willow Run and Detroit Metro airports. Justin Sutton, founder and managing partner of The Interstate Traveler Company of Whitmore Lake says he wants to use the former Willow Run GM Powertrain plant in Washtenaw County's Ypsilanti Township to build components and rail cars for the $919 million system, which would utilize magnetic levitation technology. Back in 2009, Sutton had proposed a similar transportation line between Detroit and Lansing. A state House task force, co-chaired by Genoa Township Republican Bill Rogers, was formed to look into the idea and ultimately said it was feasible, as long as it was funded privately. However, that plan never came to fruition. Word of this latest proposal from Sutton comes after it was announced this week the Yankee Air Museum was launching a $6 million campaign to make its new home at part of the Willow Run facility that produced the B-24 bomber during World War II. Sutton says he supports the museum's idea as well. (JK)
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