Illinois officials seek 2 million in federal tax funds for Chicago transportation hub
(The Center Square) – Illinois is seeking more than $870 million in federal taxpayer funding for a railway project that would have its hub in Chica...
(The Center Square) – Illinois is seeking more than $870 million in federal taxpayer funding for a railway project that would have its hub in Chicago and expanded rails to other Midwestern states. Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and other state and local officials are seeking the help of federal funding for the Chicago Hub Improvement Program, a proposed series of projects that will cost taxpayers about $1.1 billion. The state is seeking a $872.8 million grant from the Federal Railroad Administration's Federal and State Partnership Program for the project to make Chicago's Union Station the central hub for an expanded railway traveling throughout the Midwest.