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NOTEBOOK: Amtrak expansion seen as another sign that passenger rail will reach D.M. ⦠eventually
BY MICHAEL CRUMB, Senior Staff Writer Friday, April 23, 2021 6:00 AM
Extending passenger railroad service from Chicago to Des Moines and then to Omaha would provide another transportation tool that could be used to attract and retain top talent for the region, said Jay Byers, CEO of the Greater Des Moines Partnership.
But extending passenger rail across Iowa is a long-term goal and the immediate focus should remain on other transportation priorities, such as the new terminal project at the Des Moines International Airport, and improving the state’s roads and bridges, Byers said.
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North Carolina has a new chief resiliency officer to help lead the state through storms and other natural disasters. We talk with Dr. Amanda Martin about her job position and the challenges ahead.
Riptide Builders purchased Sea Trail in August 2020 and has plans to revitalize and finish longstanding plans in the golf-course community, abandoned after the Great Recession. A 30-acre portion of the development (shown in purple up top) is slated to be de-annexed from the Town of Sunset Beach, should a local bill pass the General Assembly. (Courtesy/Town of Sunset Beach)
SUNSET BEACH Just a few miles east of the state border, the Town of Sunset Beach has spent the last few months poring over its land-use policies, trying to codify a means to curb and control growth.
The town finds itself entangled in a web
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It s not hard to get Gene Crosset talking about passenger rail, but don t call him a train nut. He prefers the title foamer. It comes from the foaming at the mouth when we see trains, Crosset said.
For decades, Crosset, a 78-year-old living in Davenport, has seen plans for an Iowa City-to-Chicago passenger rail line become a perennial conversation, only to disappear like a train heading into a tunnel.
The possibility exists again, after Amtrak released a map this month featuring new and enhanced lines, part of the $80 billion President Joe Biden designated for rail in his American Jobs Plan. The map included one bright blue line that dog-legged west from Chicago through Moline with a terminus in Iowa City.