Legislative Correspondence_Passenger Rail PlatformOctober 2, 2008
«CompleteLOCALName Address»
Dear «Title» «Last»,
As Mayor and on behalf of the citizens of Dubuque and the Dubuque City Council, I
would like to thank you for your continued hard work and support of Dubuque's goals
and priorities.
As you know, we believe firmly that partnerships are essential to the success of our
community and to the State of Iowa. Our partnership, working with you and other
Dubuque area legislators, has been critically important as we strive to achieve
transportation goals for the 21st century and other priorities identified by the Dubuque
City Council including transitioning to a more sustainable future and continued
economic development.
We are extremely grateful for your work to secure $300,000 for the design and
construction of the passenger rail platform to be located at the Port of Dubuque
adjacent to the proposed intermodal transportation facility. In fact, the funding you
supported for the platform leveraged additional federal funding of $250,000 for the
design of the interamodal facility. This tangible appropriations support is key to the
return of passenger rail service to Iowa. Dubuque is proud of its leadership role in
working together with you to bring sustainable transportation modes to the citizens of
our State.
Transportation infrastructure is also critical to continued economic development in
Dubuque and in the State of Iowa. Dubuque's Envision 2010 community visioning
process, which included thousands of area residents, identified passenger rail as one of
the community's top ten goals for this decade. We continue to work with an alliance of
cities from Rockford to Waterloo, with Dubuque business and community leaders and
thousands of citizens, with the Iowa and Illinois Departments of Transportation, and with
Senators Grassley, Harkin and Congressman Braley to achieve our mutual goal of the
return of passenger rail to Dubuque and Iowa. We will not succeed without your
continued support.
We thank you for your dedication to the citizens of Dubuque and our future.
Sincerely,
Roy D. Buol
Mayor
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The Honorable Pat Murphy
Speaker of the House
Iowa State Representative
155 N. Grandview Avenue
Dubuque,lA 52001
The Honorable Tom Hancock
Iowa State Senator
310 E Main Street
Epworth, IA, 52045
The Honorable Pam Jochum
Iowa State Representative
2368 Jackson
Dubuque,lA 52001
The Honorable Ray Zirkelbach
Iowa State Representative
637 W. First Street
Monticello, IA 52310
The Honorable Mike Connolly
Iowa State Senator
2600 Renaissance Dr #3
Dubuque,lA 52001
The Honorable Roger Stewart
Iowa State Senator
3936 317 Avenue
Preston, IA 52069
The Honorable Thomas Schueller
Iowa State Representative
503 W. Platt Street
Maquoketa, IA 52060