MetroLINK Manager of Administration, Jennifer Hirsch, says the money will pay for a dock at The Bend, including design, site preparation, an accessible dock, security, and other amenities.
"We just received the award so we have to go through our planning process, which includes environmental work. So it likely will be 2023 before we would see any sort of activity occurring."
She says the idea for a Channel Cat stop at The Bend came from a committee in 2020 that wanted to come up with ways to connect the new hotel and restaurant development with the Rust Belt and downtown East Moline.
The Channel Cat now stops at the Village of East Davenport, the Isle Casino and Hotel in Bettendorf, and in Moline at John Deere Commons and the Ben Butterworth Parkway.