Dispatch-Argus, Moline, IL 4/22/17:
Q-C officials still hear the train a-comin'
Local officials remain confident of restoring passenger train service between Moline and Chicago, even if the timing of the necessary track preparation work remains uncertain.
The train station in Moline is almost ready. It's part of the $40 million The Q project, which will include a hotel, restaurants, retail outlets and an entertainment venue. Work on the train station will be done in June, Ray Forsythe, Moline's city planning and development director, said Friday, with help from a federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant.
After June, all the station will need to connect passengers to the train is a platform with canopy, Mr. Forsythe said. That will be added once the Illinois Department of Transportation and Iowa Interstate Railroad complete final rail designs for the route.
"This will all be completed in spring of 2018 under the anticipated state schedule," Mr. Forsythe said. "We have enough funds with the existing grant and match to complete the project."
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