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Illinois will receive $42.3 million in additional high-speed rail funding to finance track and other improvements on the Chicago to St. Louis corridor. The money was freed up when U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood reprogrammed a total of $1.2 billion in funding that was rejected by the incoming governors of Ohio and Wisconsin. "Illinois will be able to use this funding to break ground on projects that were included in the state's application for high speed rail along the Chicago to St. Louis corridor, but not funded earlier this year," U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said in a statement. "Improvements to the route will decrease travel times even further and create jobs that our state badly needs."cretary Ray LaHood reprogrammed a total of $1.2 billion in funding that was rejected by the incoming governors of Ohio and Wisconsin. "Illinois will be able to use this funding to break ground on projects that were included in the state's application for high speed rail along the Chicago to St.
Louis corridor, but not funded earlier this year," U.S. Sen. Dick
Durbin, D-Ill., said in a statement. "Improvements to the route will decrease
travel times even further and create jobs that our state badly needs." |
