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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Quad Cities
4MetroLink on being selected as the 2012 Outstanding Public
5Transportation System by the American Public Transportation
6Association; and
 
7    WHEREAS, The award is given out amongst all agencies in
8North America carrying between 1,000,000 and 4,000,000
9passengers annually; MetroLink carried 3.5 million trips in
10fiscal year 2011; and
 
11    WHEREAS, MetroLink beat out 198 other agencies that were in
12the running for the award; and
 
13    WHEREAS, MetroLink continues to improve and expand; the
14development of the new MetroLink Transit Maintenance Building
15along the riverfront in Rock Island and the construction of the
16new MetroLink multi-modal transportation station, which will
17serve Amtrak and be the nucleus for 2 development plans in
18neighboring portions of western downtown Moline, should bring
19good things to the area; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Development of a Chicago-to-Moline Amtrak route
21is under way; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, MetroLink's general manager is Jeff Nelson;
2therefore, be it
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
5we congratulate the Quad Cities MetroLink on being selected as
6the 2012 Outstanding Public Transportation System; and be it
7further
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9presented to general manager Jeff Nelson as an expression of
10our esteem and respect.