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Scott’s Addition Boulevard Association board members support the idea of a commuter rail station on the Boulevard — a vision proposed by former Virginia Commonwealth University President Eugene Trani.

“(Trani) presented to the board a month ago, and we were quite impressed and unanimously endorsed his concept,” said Mike Cline, president of the Scott’s Addition Boulevard Association.

“The board is on board with what Dr. Trani” has proposed, Cline said, speaking Wednesday morning at the general membership meeting of the Scott’s Addition Boulevard Association. About 100 people attended the meeting, which was held at the Science Museum of Virginia.

Trani and former state Sen. John C. Watkins in September co-authored a perspective piece that examined how a centrally-located commuter rail station on the Boulevard would benefit the region.

They argued that a single location on the Boulevard would be better than the two existing Amtrak locations on Staples Mill Road in Henrico County and Main Street Station in downtown Richmond.

Trani, speaking at the Scott’s Addition Boulevard Association meeting Wednesday, said “There literally has been no public discussion of what the plans are for Richmond.”