The proposed corridor would provide improvements to the existing pere marquetteservice between grand rapids, MI, and chicago, IL, by adding new frequenciesand improving reliability

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) under the Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail program (CFDA 20.326). The funding will support MDOT's efforts to plan improvements to the existing Pere Marquette intercity passenger rail service between Grand Rapids, MI and Chicago, IL. Key deliverables include developing a project performance plan, existing planning materials, a statement of work, an approved project schedule, and a project budget, which will culminate in a comprehensive project description for the next phase of the Service Development Plan process. The goal of this planning work is to enhance service frequencies and reliability along the Pere Marquette corridor. The project period runs from Apr 1, 2024 through Aug 31, 2027.

Using the service development plan (SDP) sowframework, the corridor sponsor (MDOT) will develop a project performance plan(task 1.1), existing planning and development materials (task 2.1), statement ofwork (task 2.2), approved project schedule (task 2.3), and an approved projectbudget (task 2.4). The outcome of this project will be the project description forcid step 2, to perform the necessary work to complete an SDP.