The proposed corridor would provide improvements to the existing blue water service between port huron, MI, and chicago, IL, by adding new frequencies and improving reliability

This $500,000 Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail (CFDA 20.326) cooperative agreement awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration to the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will fund the development of a Service Development Plan (SDP) for improvements to the existing Blue Water intercity passenger rail service between Port Huron, MI, and Chicago, IL. The award will support MDOT in producing a project performance plan, existing planning and development materials, a statement of work, an approved project schedule, and a project budget, with the goal of completing the necessary work to advance the project to the CID Step 2 phase. The project aims to add new service frequencies and improve reliability along this intercity passenger rail corridor.

Using the service development plan (SDP) SOW framework, the corridor sponsor (MDOT) 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), and an approved project budget (task 2.4). The outcome of this project will be the project description for CID step 2, to perform the necessary work to complete an SDP.