DE SOTO, Mo. — The city of De Soto will receive $500,000 from the county to build a rail passenger platform.
Jefferson County Council members voted 6-0 last Monday to award the funds to De Soto, which will use them to design and construct an Amtrak station near the De Soto Public Library. Councilman Dan Stallman (District 6, De Soto) was absent from the meeting.
The county has received up to $43,719,346 in ARPA funds, and the $500,000 will come from those funds, according to the bill the County Council passed on Monday.
Before the council vote, State Rep. Cyndi Buchheit-Courtway (R-Festus), who represents District 115, told council members that having an Amtrak stop in De Soto will have a positive impact on the whole county, drawing people from all over the state, adding that it would be safer and more convenient to board an Amtrak train in De Soto than in St. Louis.
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