Metro hosts public input meeting on new R.I. Transfer Station


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Posted Online: Sept. 26, 2012, 10:38 am
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Press release submitted by MetroLINK

A public input meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 26th from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at the Rock Island Public Library, 401 19th Street, Rock Island, Illinois to obtain public comments on the design of a new Metro Transfer Station.

The Project is to be constructed at 20th Street and 2nd Avenue in Rock Island, Illinois and will consist of a station with lobby and restrooms, in addition to bus docking stations and canopies to accommodate up to ten (10) transit coaches.






















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  Today is Saturday, May 25, the 145th day of 2013. There are 220 days left in the year.
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1888 -- 125 years ago: Last night's prayer meeting at Central Presbyterian Church wascalled off due to water in the basement, residue of last week's flood.
1913 -- 100 years ago: The junior class of Rock Island High School will hold a riverexcursion on the steamer St. Paul next Tuesday.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The 75th Anniversary of the Rock Island Arsenal today finds thenation's largest ordinance manufacturing plant filling many important orders for the army.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Miss Patrice Daly, Rock Island, a senior at Rock Island HighSchool, won second place in the recent state public speaking contest held in Peoria underthe auspices of the Knights of Pythias.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Hampton's sesquicentennial committee and the Hampton HistoricalSociety have scheduled a full slate of activities, which will be held throughout the year, to celebrate the village's 150th birthday. The first celebration will be the Memorial Dayprogram at 10 a.m. May 30, at the Brettun and Black Store Museum on River Road. Therewill be a sesquicentennial display.




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