State officials will not seek funds this summer to extend high-speed rail to Tampa's airport, the Tampa Tribune reports. That means the first phase of high-speed rail would end, as long planned, in downtown Tampa when service begins in 2015. Nazih Haddad, chief operating officer for Florida Rail Enterprise, said in an interview Monday the state will apply next month for $1 billion state in federal funds to complete the Tampa-Lakeland-Orlando route, but the application would not include a Tampa airport station, as some recently have supported. In January, the Obama administration had awarded $1.25 billion, or about half the money needed to complete the project, with the understanding that additional funds would be available in the future.