The proposed corridor would connect ST. Paul to EAU claire, WI

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail program (CFDA 20.326) to the County of Eau Claire, Wisconsin to develop a Service Development Plan for a proposed passenger rail corridor connecting St. Paul, MN to Eau Claire, WI. The project deliverables include developing a Project Performance Plan, compiling existing planning materials, creating a Statement of Work, an approved project schedule, and an approved project budget. The outcome of this project will be the Project Description required for the Capital Investment Decision (CID) Step 2 process to complete the Service Development Plan. This funding supports planning activities to improve and expand intercity passenger rail service and infrastructure in the Twin Cities and Eau Claire metro areas.

The proposed corridorwould provide new service on an existing alignment. Using service development plan(SDP) SOW framework, the corridor sponsor will develop a project performance plan(task 1.1), existing planning and development materials (task 2.1), statement of work(task 2.2), approved project schedule (task 2.3), approved project budget (task 2.4).the outcome of this project will be the project description for CID step 2, to perform thenecessary work to complete an SDP. The proposed corridor will serve the twin citiesand EAU claire metro areas, as well as the communities in between.