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Originally Posted by ardecila
Neither of these connectors are needed if they build a ramp from the St Charles Air Line at 16th St, as Amtrak and CDOT are now proposing. Acquisition cost = $0.
I get that funding isn't guaranteed for the 16th St project (although it seems very likely) but it's a joke that the 16th St option is not even mentioned in the Peoria study. One hand has no idea what the other hand is doing.
Also for $2.5bn, IDOT should buy out CSX/IAIS and own the entire line to Peoria.
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Thats what I thought when I read the CN Heritage/CSX-IAS connector loop in downtown Joliet. Sheer lunacy to clearcut a fairly dense downtown core for a train that may have 5 rt/day. And to be oblivious of the near-term plan to reroute All Amtrak trains off of said CN Heritage to the Rock Island in Joliet..just challenges the veracity of this "study".