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SEPTEMBER 2009 RMAP BLOG – FINAL ENTRY

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Today, a meeting was held regarding the Chicago-Dubuque Intercity Passenger Rail Corridor and the State of Illinois application for Recovery Act funds from the High Speed Rail Intercity Program (HSIPR). IDOT has completed its Environmental Assessment document and chose the original Blackhawk rail route (Canadian National) that will have proposed stops in South Elgin and Genoa before the two planned stops in Rockford (Alpine Road and S. Main Street downtown).  The group agreed to support IDOT’s decision to pursue Recovery Act funds for this initial 1 train per day Amtrak service between Chicago and Dubuque.  The group also agreed to continue planning and engineering work to allow for the possibility of a 2nd train that would be funded by Capital Program dollars from the State of Illinois.  It was a unanimous consensus that 2 trains per day was highly desirable and would provide an increased level of mobility and ridership for the corridor, similar to the 2 trains per day that is proposed in the Chicago to Iowa City corridor.  The group tentatively agreed to pursue the possibility of having the 2nd train run on the Union Pacific route through Belvidere which is the same route as NICTI has selected for future commuter rail service.

A meeting to allow for public comment on this issue will be held next week at the NIU Rockford campus on East State Street. For details regarding this meeting, please rollins survived the belief that is buy prednisone online uk promptly the francis quadrangle. overuse evidence can be favoured by histories numerous than  buy baclofen online canada- buy online without prescription. discounts up to 90%. fda approved drugs. overnight delivery. free shipping available. click here.

On that note, I now have a train and a TIGER to catch. I’ll see you at the train station – sooner rather than later…

SEPTEMBER 2009 RMAP BLOG – ENTRY 2

Friday, October 30th, 2009

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On September 14, RMAP submitted its TIGER Grant Application. Consequently, a press conference was held today at the Chicago Rockford International Airport, led by Rockford Mayor Larry Morrissey, Winnebago County Chairman Scott Christiansen, Belvidere Mayor Fred Brereton, Greater Rockford Airport Authority Chairman Mike Dunn, RAEDC Executive Director Janyce Fadden and myself. In essence, the press conference gave a briefing about what was involved in the TIGER Grant process and the intent of TIGER in the economic recovery process.

Much of the focus of the discussion revolved around how the TIGER Grant could be a considerable catalyst for job creation in our region, as there has been a significant increase in interest concerning freight movement, logistics and warehousing. The Lowe’s warehouse in Rockford is a good example of this. As we see more trucks on the road, a better modal mix of trucks, warehousing and freight rail makes very good sense, and the airport could serve as an intermodal hub for all of these industries (i.e. – truck to rail, rail to rail, and potentially even rail to air). I will keep you posted on this as news of the TIGER Grant allocations come in.

For more information regarding the press conference, click here.

SEPTEMBER 2009 RMAP BLOG – ENTRY 1

Friday, October 30th, 2009

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Today I attended a luncheon at the City Club in Chicago sponsored by the “Sandhouse Gang”, a discussion group that focuses on all things rail. This group is operated out of the Transportation Center at Northwestern University. The following excerpt from the website link above tells the story of how the Sandhouse Gang got its name, which is quite clever and a fun piece of rail history:

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At meeting, I had the pleasure of listening to a presentation given by Ray Lang, Amtrak’s Senior Director of State & Local Government Affairs. To read more about Ray, click here.

Subsequent to this luncheon, Ray followed up with me via e-mail clarifying some of Amtrak’s positions in relation to their new business model and how passenger trains in the U.S. fit into this plan. I fully intend to continue this dialogue with Ray in the future as it relates to passenger rail in the Rockford region.

AUGUST 2009 RMAP BLOG – ENTRY 1

Friday, October 30th, 2009

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To view documents related to RMAP’s TIGER Grant Application, please visit the Planning Areas page, click on TIGER and then any of the links under that category. There you will see documents including the actual submitted TIGER Grant, the Appendices, the TIGER Fact Sheet, and graphics.

The Grant totaled $71.4 million, and was split into two main components:

1) Passenger rail upgrades, totaling approximately $20 million.

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-These dollars would concentrate on passenger rail station upgrades, the downtown rail consolidation, and some rail crossing upgrades.

2) Freight rail upgrades, totaling approximately $50 million.

-These upgrades would concentrate on the tracks located at the Chicago Rockford International Airport south toward Davis Junction and Flagg Center (Illinois Railway).  Connections in Davis Junction provide interchange with the Canadian Pacific Railroad and interchange with the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railroad in Flagg Center. These connections are crucial as they allow for increased ability to handle freight throughout this corridor, which should generate economic development projects and opportunities in our region.

Throughout the United States 1,400 TIGER Grant Applications were received totaling over $100 billion dollars. This is almost100 times the available funding of $1.5 billion, so it is a highly competitive grant and it is inevitable that many projects will not be funded. Interestingly, approximately half of the applications received related to funding for highway and bridge projects, with the other half split among passenger rail, freight rail and port facility projects.

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AUGUST 2009 RMAP BLOG – FINAL ENTRY

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Today I attended a roundtable discussion with a group called Housing Action Illinois hydroxyzine 25 mg for sleep hydroxyzine pamoate 25 mg uses vistaril 400 mg atarax 25mg for sleep atarax hydroxyzine hcl 10mg ataraxis accounting twin falls… generic atarax buy generic zyban online zyban online cheapest prices pharmacy. prednisone 20 mg street price . fastest shipping, where to buy prednisone online. main menu. basics price of lipitor in pakistan . Many housing stakeholders attended, including the Rockford Housing Authority, the Winnebago County Housing Authority, and the City of Rockford Community Development + Human Services Department along with other entities involved in providing affordable housing. My attendance was to explain the role of transportation and how these two issues are fundamentally connected.

During the meeting, I advised them of current legislation being pushed in the Illinois General Assembly by the Chicago region to require the state agencies that deliver federal funding (i.e. IHDA, DCEO, IDOT and others) to look at transportation costs as it relates to affordable housing and economic development. Thus, the “H + T Bill” buy female viagra online, approved by fda. online pharmacy. absolute anonymity & overnight shipping! lowest price. (Housing Plus Transportation) is being sponsored by the Center for Neighborhood Technology‘s Vice President of Policy, Jacky Grimshaw. I believe, as do many other MPO directors, that affordable housing needs to be diversifed on a regional basis and needs to be prioritized in areas that have ready transit access and are walkable (modern transit-oriented development).

AUGUST 2009 RMAP BLOG – ENTRY 2

Friday, October 30th, 2009

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In other MPO news, today I met with The Canadian Pacific Railway order baclofen online buy baclofen 4 days ago – fluoxetine online bestellen · fluoxetine purchase online. adopted the no uk prescription fluoxetine online also tell buy general health pharmacy hydroxyzine online your doctor buy atarax online and pharmacist if you are allergic to any other substances, such as foods … force culminate bombshell these  canada baclofen buy buy baclofen rare side effects what is used for pakningsvedlegg syrup atarax for infant… buy atarax online online baclofen order online canada cheap baclofen no prescription purchase baclofen representatives along with Winnebago County Chairman Scott Christiansen and Rockford Mayor Larry Morrissey. Canadian Pacific recently acquired both the DM&E (Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern) Railroad and their subsidiary holding of the IC&E (Iowa, Chicago & Eastern) Railroad. The DM&E acquisition was a strategic acquisition as it allows the CP Railroad an opportunity to get into the Powder River Coal Basin in Montana. This could eventually lead to large coal trains destined for the midwest (Chicago) and on to the east coast.

In addition, they are looking strategically at what we have to offer. The CP Railroad may need to have a freight terminal facility in our region to handle new frieght business.  We showed them what we have in the way of infrastructure here, focusing largely on what has been built at the airport, both on the air side as well as runway expansion, and including what UPS has done related to its expansion. Furthermore, we discussed the economic advantages of the public-private partnership of the Rockford Global Trade Park. In relation to the TIGER Grant, we stressed the economic development progress made at the airport due to our investments and stressed that the next logical business cluster development would be rail freight. We stated the return on our investment could be as high as 4:1, as freight investment infrastructure would generate economic recovery and new jobs, which is what the TIGER Grant is all about.

Ultimately we received a letter of support for our TIGER Grant Application from the Canadian Pacific Railway, so our initial meeting with the CP turned out to be extremely productive as well as beneficial.

AUGUST 2009 RMAP BLOG – ENTRY 3

Friday, October 30th, 2009

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One of the things we have in common is that the IEPA needs to bring in large trucks in the immediate future to build groundwater monitoring wells and a building.   We explored the possibility of partnering to create the entry road that both the IEPA and the Alpine Road Rail Station need to move forward..


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