Try to Keep Up

Try to Keep Up
October 10, 2024 Kelle Sutton

This article was published by Site Selection Magazine on October 10, 2024.


Five years after the $45 billion Rebuild Illinois program was passed by the Illinois Legislature, the pace of projects is nearly as fast as the speed with which vehicles in 2023 traveled more than 103 billion miles in the state.

On highways alone in 2023, Rebuild Illinois made $13.6 billion in improvements statewide on 5,659 miles, 578 bridges and 865 additional safety projects. By the end of June 2024, the highways total had reached $16 billion and 6,541 miles.

“Here in Illinois, we’re on a mission to modernize our infrastructure and make transportation more reliable for commuters, families, and businesses,” said Governor JB Pritzker in December. The previous July, he and the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) released the largest multi-year program to repair and modernize infrastructure in state history: $41 billion over six years. “Covering fiscal years 2024-2029, the multi-year program is the first time in more than a decade IDOT released a comprehensive approach to invest in all modes of transportation,” an IDOT release explained, “roads and bridges, aviation, transit, freight and passenger rail, waterways, as well as bike and pedestrian accommodations.”

 

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