Not to be a Debbie downer but I was an elected city councilman in an Illinois city for 8 years (4 elections). In 2012 during Obama years we were told a new Amtrak rail line from Iowa City to Chicago with a large new station in the quad cities had been approved. (first pitched in 2009/2010 from Obama admin)
We were told that funding was already approved and project would be completed by 2018.
In 2018 we were told project and money were allocated and the project would now start in 2019 but had been delayed.
Fast forward to 2021 ... nothing ever happened. Some people inspected the rail lines.. they improved a couple of crossings. That’s it.
Honestly it’s been a bit disheartening to see how slow and difficult things seem to move at the federal and state level :(
We were told that funding was already approved and project would be completed by 2018.
In 2018 we were told project and money were allocated and the project would now start in 2019 but had been delayed.
Fast forward to 2021 ... nothing ever happened. Some people inspected the rail lines.. they improved a couple of crossings. That’s it.
Honestly it’s been a bit disheartening to see how slow and difficult things seem to move at the federal and state level :(
https://www.rtands.com/passenger/intercity/quad-cities-to-ch...