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Originally Posted by Mister Uptempo
5) Property replacement costs. Two possible properties are mentioned - The Goodman Theatre scenery shop if the 40th Street connector between NS and Metra-Rock Island was built, and the Will County Adult Detention Facility (which is erroneously referred to as "Joliet Correctional Facility"). If you view the crazy proposal for connecting the CN/Heritage Corridor tracks to the Rock Island tracks west of Joliet Union Station, you'll see the new tracks running right through Will County ADF.
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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.