The $230 million grant was announced Monday by U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Tom Harkin, D-Iowa. That was in addition to $10 million awarded by the Department of Transportation last week for the construction of an intermodal station in downtown Moline. An intermodal center combines rail service with other transportation options, such as buses, taxis, rental cars, water taxi and even bicycles.
Although not high-speed, the route from Chicago to Iowa City through the Quad-Cities is expected to be completed to Moline by 2013 and Iowa City by 2015.
commitments of $45 million from Illinois and $20 million from Iowa.
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