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Chippewa–St. Croix rail study underway; local commission expects draft this spring
Summary
A regional commission updating Dunn County supervisors on a Federal Railroad Administration-funded study of possible passenger rail service between Eau Claire and the Twin Cities said an initial planning study is underway with a consultant and is expected to be completed this spring.
Scott Rogers, a commissioner on the Chippewa–St. Croix Rail Commission and vice president for governmental affairs at the Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce, told the Dunn County Board of Supervisors the commission’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) corridor study is active and the initial deliverable should be ready in the spring.
The commission applied to the FRA corridor identification and development program after the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law expanded federal funding and created a planning-to-implementation pipeline for passenger…
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