A years-long squabble that was holding up nearly $75 million in federal stimulus funds has been resolved, just weeks before a deadline that would cost Northern Virginia the money and scuttle 11 miles of high-speed rail near Quantico.

The Federal Railroad Administration plans to release $74.8 million this week to build a third track from Arkendale in Stafford County to Powell’s Creek in Prince William County, according to the office of Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va.