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==Divestiture==
In July 1998, the Michigan legislature revised the state's transportation goals. These included minimizing state subsidies for rail operations deemed to be commercially viable. Under the program competitive bids were accepted and in November 2000 the LCRC was sold.<ref>Michigan Department of Transportation, "[http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-11056-59647--,00.html Rail Divestiture]" (Lansing: Michigan.gov, 2009).</ref>   The [[Adrian and Blissfield Railroad]] bought the line for $1.7 million.  MDOT Director James DeSana said that the Adrian and Blissfield "exhibited the greatest potential to provide efficient and reliable rail service."<ref>"[MDOT Sells Lenawee County Railroad System]," Mackinac Center for Public Policy, March 9, 2001.</ref>