WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2011. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mayor Jim Ardis of Peoria, Illinois joined the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission in celebrating the Department of Transportation (DOT)’s decision to award $160,000 in funding to study the feasibility of establishing passenger rail service from Bloomington-Normal – which is currently served by Amtrak service from Chicago to St. Louis – to Peoria.
