For the first time in over nine years, a U.S. Transportation Secretary will be in Mobile for an event to showcase a major transportation project, kickstarting the construction needed to restart Amtrak service along the Gulf Coast.

“This is a done deal,” said David Clark, president & CEO with Visit Mobile and one of 17 members on the Southern Rail Commission that has long advocated for a restart of the Mobile-to-New Orleans route. “This solidifies our routes to New Orleans.”