Florida Secretary of Transportation Ananth Prasad credited local support for the project’s survival. In a press statement, Prasad said, “Your grassroots support for this critical project has made SunRail a reality for the citizens and businesses of Central Florida.”

当地的国会议员也参加了该项目的生命，他是众议院运输和基础设施委员会主席约翰·米卡（R-Winter Park）。云母游说州长斯科特（Scott）的批准，并为有争议的项目辩护New York Times，说：“没有更多的具有成本效益的解决方案可以使该地区日益增长的公路交通拥堵提供近期的缓解。”

在活动中，奥兰多的民主党议员科琳·布朗（Corinne Brown）给予了众议员的大部分荣誉，并补充说：“没有自I-4的建设以来，就有这样的运输项目。”

The 61-mile-long commuter rail system, to be built on existing lines along the Interstate 4 corridor, will provide commuter service from the counties of Volusia, Seminole, Orange and Osceola.

A joint venture of Archer Western Contractors, Tampa, and RailWorks Track Systems, New York, holds the $168.1-million design-build contract covering phase one’s initial 31-mile segment running from DeBary in Volusia County to Sand Lake Road in Orlando. Crews should start excavation work in early February, says Heller.

该团队的合同包括双跟踪，信号改进，车站平台，停车场和操作控制中心。Heller补充说，Sunrail应该在2014年春季到2014年春季提供“收入服务”。

Archer Western还持有一份2750万美元的合同，以建立第一阶段中包含的12个站中的7个。涵盖其余五个电台的第二项合同将在3月份宣传为竞标。

尚未确定的投标日期是欺诈tract covering operations and maintenance, estimated at $233.6 million, and the phase-two design-build contract, not yet estimated. This 30-mile phase will extend the system in two locations: westward from the Sand Lake Road station to Poinciana in Osceola County; and, in Volusia County, eastward from the DeBary station to Deland.