Illinois
Pritzker announces $200M in funding for Illinois freight system
DECATUR, Ailing. – An enormous increase is coming for the freight system in Illinois.
A $200 million funding will fund a number of tasks at bettering mobility and bettering security, together with the constructing of a brand new Illinois 50 bridge over the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
Governor JB Pritzker introduced the funding in Decatur on Thursday. The cash will probably be administered by the Illinois Division of Transportation utilizing federal funds.
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“These funds will probably be used for 22 port rail and freeway tasks throughout Illinois to deal with bottlenecks, improve mobility, and enhance the availability chain up and down the state,” Pritzker stated.
Billions of tons valued at $2.5 trillion strikes by means of the state of Illinois by freight every year.