Iowa Global Warming » Quad Cities http://iowaglobalwarming.org Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:15:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 Braley on QC rail line http://iowaglobalwarming.org/video/braley-on-qc-rail-line/ http://iowaglobalwarming.org/video/braley-on-qc-rail-line/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:06:08 +0000 Andrew http://iowaglobalwarming.org/?p=491

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]]> http://iowaglobalwarming.org/video/braley-on-qc-rail-line/feed/ 0 Reps. Braley and Hare Sign Letter to Transportation Secretary http://iowaglobalwarming.org/news/braley-and-hare-sign-letter-to-lahood/ http://iowaglobalwarming.org/news/braley-and-hare-sign-letter-to-lahood/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:10:04 +0000 Laura http://iowaglobalwarming.org/?p=466 Representatives Bruce Braley and Phil Hare held a press conference today in Moline, Illinois to express the importance of federal stimulus money for the development of rail between Chicago and the Quad Cities. They each signed a letter to US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood asking him for this stimulus money.

The letter sited the several benefits that would accompany rail service. It reads, “In the Quad-Cities alone, an estimated 550 to 825 jobs will be created, household income is expected to increase by $11 million to $16 million, and property values will increase between $55 million and $72 million.”

Braley and Hare each stressed the importance of passenger rail for the Quad Cities area and how necessary it will be to receive this stimulus money.

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