STUART, Fla. — The small town of Stuart along Florida's Atlantic coast is the next city in the queue for high-speed rail through Brightline trains, Stuart Mayor Rebecca Bruner told CBS News Miami.
City officials say they've been chosen to get a new Brightline station, which comes as the city of Fort Pierce – just 20 miles north – has also campaigned for a Brightline stop.
While Stuart's mayor is expressing excitement about the city's future with high-speed rail, Brightline has not officially announced the move.
Locals from the area had mixed emotions about adding the downtown station, which would be a stop between the current route that goes back and forth from Miami to Orlando. WPTV reported that some worry about the traffic and have safety concerns because the track may have to go near a downtown intersection nicknamed 'Confusion Corner'.
The estimated cost for the project is at least $60 million, according to CBS News Miami.
City officials have not given a timeline for the project.
Tampa is also set to get a Brightline station. A bill to carve out land along I-4 for the railway just needs a passing vote from the Florida Senate and a signature from Governor Ron DeSantis for it to become law. A Brightline spokesperson says it would take three years to build a Tampa extension after funding, design and expansion plans are finalized.
Brightline and the city of Tampa have not given a specific date as to when they believe Tampa will have a new station, but Mayor Castor has previously said she hopes it will be completed within this decade.