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State Loans for Moline & Rock Island

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Christmas has come early to the Quad Cities. Today Illinois Governor Pat Quinn came to town to announce the state will provide low interest loans to both Moline and Rock Island for major upgrades to their water and sewer systems.

During a stop at the North Slope Wastewater Treatment Plant in Moline, he said the two projects, costing a total of 54 million dollars, will create nearly 500 jobs.

The governor says since he announced a Clean Water Initiative two years ago, the state of Illinois has helped more than 800 communities finance similar projects.

Greg Swanson, Utilities General Manager for Moline, says his city will spend 44 million dollars to re-build and modernize its North Slope treatment plant. The plant treats wastewater for the north half of the city - about 2 billion gallons per year.

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One of the primary clarifiers at Moline's N. Slope Wastewater Treatment Plant.
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Will increase capacity and reduce overflows.

And he says financing the project through the state will save Moline 8.5 million dollars in interest.

Rock Island will use its 11 million dollar loan to re-build water and sewer lines along 6th Avenue - from 6th to 24th streets. 

A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.