The irony between the two polar-opposite approaches between Illinois and Ohio is striking. While Ohio takes a partisan approach, Illinois is taking bipartisan forward action. Illinois has spent mostly state funds over the last 10-15 years doing what Ohio may reject doing with mostly federal funds. Now Illinois is taking this next evolutionary step in a corridor that has just one-third the number of annual travelers between the metropolitan areas (1,095,190) that Ohio's 3C Corridor has (3,750,772), according to the USDOT....
Officials hail high-speed rail project
BY TERRY HILLIG 618-659-2075 | Posted: Friday, September 17, 2010 5:21 pm
ALTON - Gov. Pat Quinn and other state and local officials gathered in Alton Friday to celebrate the start of the first of several projects that will increase the speed of passenger rail service between St. Louis and Chicago.
Quinn said the project would bolster economic recovery, create jobs, promote economic development and help make Illinois the high-speed rail hub of the Midwest.
The initial $98 million project will upgrade 90 miles of Union Pacific track between Alton and Lincoln, Ill. Officials said it was the first of many high-speed rail improvements around the country that are being funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Illinois got $1.1 billion of Recovery Act funding for St. Louis-Chicago upgrades that will allow speeds of up to 110 mph and cut travel time between the two cities to less than four hours.
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Officials hail high-speed rail project
BY TERRY HILLIG 618-659-2075 | Posted: Friday, September 17, 2010 5:21 pm
ALTON - Gov. Pat Quinn and other state and local officials gathered in Alton Friday to celebrate the start of the first of several projects that will increase the speed of passenger rail service between St. Louis and Chicago.
Quinn said the project would bolster economic recovery, create jobs, promote economic development and help make Illinois the high-speed rail hub of the Midwest.
The initial $98 million project will upgrade 90 miles of Union Pacific track between Alton and Lincoln, Ill. Officials said it was the first of many high-speed rail improvements around the country that are being funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Illinois got $1.1 billion of Recovery Act funding for St. Louis-Chicago upgrades that will allow speeds of up to 110 mph and cut travel time between the two cities to less than four hours.
READ MORE AT:
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_6f7667a4-c2ab-11df-b34d-0017a4a78c22.htm
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Executive Director
All Aboard Ohio
12029 Clifton Blvd., Suite 505
Cleveland, OH 44107
(216) 288-4883
kenprendergast@allaboardohio.org
www.allaboardohio.org
