Dubuque Intermodal Transportation Center
The center was intended to be the western terminal of the Black Hawk, a Chicago–Rockford–Dubuque Amtrak intercity rail route. The city of Dubuque received an $8 million FTA state of good repair grant in addition to grants from several area institutions to go towards phase 1 of the center's construction. Phase 2 was planned to be funded by a TIGER V grant. That grant application failed, but alternative funding came from several other sources. On April 10, 2014, a new proposal for Amtrak service to terminate in Rockford was announced following the inability of the state of Illinois to reach a deal with the Canadian National Railway for use of their tracks. Due to the new proposal, the train station component of the center was placed on hold until a deal could be reached with the CN. The city of Dubuque broke ground on the rest of the DITC project in May 2014. The center, except for the train station portion, opened on August 17, 2015.
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References
- ^ "TIGER IV Grant for DITC". Retrieved August 16, 2012.
- ^ "Amtrak route for area on target for late 2014, early 2015". May 18, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
- ^ "TIGER V Grant Application". Retrieved June 14, 2013.
- ^ Sweeny, Chuck; Guerrero, Isaac (April 10, 2014). "Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's Amtrak plan stops short of Freeport for now". The Journal Standard. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
- ^ "Dubuque Breaks Ground on Transportation Hub". KCRG TV-9. Archived from the original on October 24, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
- ^ "City buses begin service at Dubuque's Intermodal Transportation Facility". Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.