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During the past week, Illinois news outlets have been reporting that the Illinois Department of Transportation's (IDOT) Chicago-St. Louis high-speed rail project has been delayed and won't be completed for several more years.

However, IDOT spokesperson Josh Kauffman told HSRupdates.com the project has not been delayed — and that reports of said delay are due to a misunderstanding by media outlets regarding the project timeline.

Portions of the project initially were scheduled to be complete by 2014, enabling trains to operate at speeds up to 110 mph on certain segments of the corridor. And although that date now has been set back to 2015, the remainder of the corridor work is still on track to be completed in 2017, Kauffman says.

— Angela Cotey