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CITY OF HASTINGS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 03- -19
A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF TWIN CITIES-MILWAUKEE-CHICAGO SECOND
PASSENGER TRAIN
WHEREAS, the Twin Cities-Milwaukee-Chicago Second Train Passenger
Rail Study completed the alternatives analysis and modelling for introducing a
second daily train between the Twin Cities, Milwaukee and Chicago at speeds up
to 79 miles per hour in December 2018; and
WHEREAS, passenger trains would utilize the existing Amtrak Empire
Builder corridor from Saint Paul, MN to Chicago, IL with Minnesota station stops at
Union Depot in Saint Paul, Red Wing and Winona; and
WHEREAS, a second round-trip passenger train from the Twin Cities to
Chicago will benefit Minnesota's economy by supporting and creating jobs,
increasing tourism and providing a more economical travel choice; and
WHEREAS, freight railroads will benefit from the capital improvements
needed for the Twin Cities-Milwaukee-Chicago Second Train. Crossing
improvements will make auto and truck travel safer; and
WHEREAS, MnDOT has requested $4 million in Governor Walz's capital
funding request to the legislature to complete the environmental analysis, service
development plan and final engineering.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of
Hastings, Minnesota, that it hereby supports funding for the Twin
Cities-Milwaukee-Chicago Second Train, and requests that Governor Walz include
the $4 million request from the MnDOT Passenger Rail Office in his capital funding
request to the Minnesota Legislature.
VIII-03
Adopted this 4th day of March, 2019
Mary D. Fasbender, Mayor
Attest:
Julie Flaten, City Clerk
VIII-03
