Request for comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

for the Chicago to Council Bluffs-Omaha Regional Passenger Rail System
Planning Study 

  

Iowans who support passenger rail have a chance to make our voices heard as
the Chicago to Omaha rail service study moves to the next phase.  The
comment period ends the day after Christmas, so please don't delay!  

 

There are three Open House Public Hearings scheduled in the next several
days:

 

December 11, 2012 - 4-7:00 p.m.

Union Station, 500 W. Jackson Street, Chicago, IL

 

December 12, 2012 - 4-7:00 p.m.

Des Moines Botanical Center, 909 Robert D. Ray Drive, Oak/Willow Room, Des
Moines, IA

 

December 13, 2012 - 4-7:00 p.m.  

Council Bluffs Public Library, 400 Willow Avenue, Conference Room A/B,
Council Bluffs, IA 

 

The Iowa Department of Transportation, in coordination with the Federal
Railroad Administration and Illinois Department of Transportation, has
prepared a Tier 1 Service Level Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the Chicago to Council Bluffs-Omaha Regional Passenger Rail System
Planning Study. The study evaluates potential passenger rail improvements
from Chicago, Illinois to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska in
compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).

 

The Draft EIS is now available on the study's website at
www.iowadot.gov/chicagotoomaha/
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Draft EIS is now open and will close Dec. 26, 2012. We encourage you to
participate - your input is important!

 

Comments on the Draft EIS can be submitted any of the following ways:

 

Open House Public Hearing Comments

 

Complete a comment form or record a comment at one of the in-person open
house public hearings scheduled from 4 to 7 p.m. on:

*	Dec. 11, 2012, in Chicago, Ill. (Union Station, 500 W. Jackson
Street, Great Hall Gallery)
*	Dec. 12, 2012, in Des Moines, Iowa (Des Moines Botanical Center, 909
Robert D. Ray Drive, Oak/Willow Room)
*	Dec. 13, 2012, in Council Bluffs, Iowa (Council Bluffs Public
Library, 400 Willow Avenue, Conference Room A/B)

For further details, please reference the study's website at
www.iowadot.gov/chicagotoomaha/
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Written Comments 

 

Mail your comments to:

 

Amanda Martin

Freight and Passenger Rail Policy Coordinator  

Office of Rail Transportation  

Iowa Department of Transportation

800 Lincoln Way

Ames, Iowa 50010

 

Recorded comments

 

Call the study's Toll-Free Information Line at 800-488-7119.

 

Electronic comments

 

Submit electronic comments by visiting the study's website at
www.iowadot.gov/chicagotoomaha/.
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Action alert forwarded from 1000 Friends of Iowa.


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