SunRail gets go-ahead

ORLANDO — State officials will allow development of the SunRail commuter train system to move ahead, according to a statement made this morning. The $1.2 billion transportation project will run through the heart of Central Florida.

Ananth Prasad, secretary of Florida's Department of Transportation, made the approval official this morning at an 11:00 a.m. press conference.

Gov. Rick Scott officially put a hold on the project this past January, but other signs, like the $269 million in the state budget set aside for construction, suggested that SunRail would eventually receive state approval all along.