Time may be running out for a historic railroad depot in Moline. Located on River Drive, it's in the way of the new I-74 bridge, and Western Illinois University is no longer interested in
moving the 114 year old building to the new riverfront campus.
Barb Sandberg, from the Moline Historic Preservation Commission, says after four years of thinking the university would save the former Davenport, Rock Island, and Northwestern Depot, she learned just this month of WIU's decision that moving it and fixing it up, would cost too much.
Sandberg says now she's trying to find out from state transportation officials when the depot must be moved to make way for a new I-74 bridge, and whether the money previously committed to the project is still available.
The Moline city council is scheduled to discuss the historic depot at its meeting next week, and she hopes it will agree to let the historic preservation commission continue looking for a new owner and new site.
