About the Project

Public Involvement Program

A key planning tool for the Illinois High-Speed Rail Chicago to St. Louis project is a public outreach program to facilitate communications between IDOT, Union Pacific, Amtrak, and the municipalities, townships, counties, and other stakeholders along this corridor. An Agency Stakeholder Involvement Plan has been developed and serves as a blueprint for defining the outreach tools and methods that will be used throughout the project to engage stakeholders.

Public involvement will be an ongoing process from project initiation through completion. Various outreach methods will be utilized throughout the project development process to provide involvement opportunities to all stakeholders.

  • Media Briefings
  • Elected Officials/County Briefings
  • Small Group Meetings
  • Public Meetings & Workshops
  • Speakers Bureaus
  • Surveys
  • Visualization Techniques

In addition to the meeting opportunities above, there will be several other methods for the public to obtain information about the project.

  • Mailing List
  • Comment Forms
  • Newsletters/Fact Sheets
  • Website
  • Project Hotline
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