{"id":32645,"date":"2025-10-06T21:41:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T04:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/illinois-plans-50-6b-for-infrastructure-trump-blocks-chicago-money\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T21:41:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T04:41:05","slug":"illinois-plans-50-6b-for-infrastructure-trump-blocks-chicago-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/illinois-plans-50-6b-for-infrastructure-trump-blocks-chicago-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois plans $50.6B for infrastructure, Trump blocks Chicago money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech\">\n    <button class=\"text-to-speech__button button\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-to-speech__button__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/static\/img\/play.svg?500116090725\" alt=\"-\"><br \/>\n        Listen to the article<br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-to-speech__button__audio-length\">3 min<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls\">\n        <audio controls=\"\" class=\"js-text-to-speech\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dmgi9movl\/video\/upload\/q_1\/v1759759859\/news\/text_to_speech\/illinois-infrastructure-plan-trump-cta-money_vjlf8f.wav\" type=\"audio\/mp3\"><\/source><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls__text\">\n            This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">feedback<\/a>.\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Dive Brief:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Illinois plans to roll out a <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com\/s\/e6a10a5e-3bef-4428-a495-87e029d8e41e?preview\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>$50.6 billion, six-year infrastructure program<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, its largest ever, to fund construction improvements, but President Donald Trump\u2019s administration blocked $2.1 billion in federal funds for Chicago amid Washington\u2019s government shutdown.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>The Illinois initiative, announced by Gov. JB Pritzker Oct. 1, includes $32.5 billion for roads and bridges and $18.1 billion for transit, rail, aviation, ports and waterways, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. A special $400 million allocation will support 223 local projects, with an emphasis on distressed communities.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Some of the funding, such as $67.7 million on the Red Line and $72 million on the Canal Street Viaduct, will require participation in U.S. DOT\u2019s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program. Those kinds of stipulations prompted President Donald Trump\u2019s administration on Oct. 3 to withhold <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transportation.gov\/briefing-room\/us-department-transportation-statement-review-chicagos-discriminatory\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>$2.1 billion from Chicago Transit Authority projects<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, according to a statement from DOT and a post on X from <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/russvought\/status\/1974074373251477524\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>White House Budget Director Russ Vought<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Dive Insight:<\/h3>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The federal funding freeze affects the Chicago Transit Authority\u2019s Red Line Extension and the Red and Purple Modernization program, according to DOT\u2019s statement. Last week, DOT issued an interim final rule barring race- and sex-based contracting requirements from federal grants, a key stipulation of the DBE program. The administration said it\u2019s currently reviewing the two CTA projects for potentially violating that rule.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cThe American people don\u2019t care what race or gender construction workers, pipefitters, or electricians are,\u201d DOT\u2019s statement said. \u201cThey just want these massive projects finally built quickly and efficiently.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The administration\u2019s move in Chicago follows a similar action in <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smartcitiesdive.com\/news\/trump-administration-freezes-18b-ny-nj-transportation-projects\/777683\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>New York to block more than $18 billion<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> in funding for the New York-New Jersey Hudson Tunnel project and the Second Avenue subway extension in Manhattan, Smart Cities Dive reported. The administration said its review of those jobs would take longer due to the current government shutdown as it tries to pressure Democrats to make a deal over a continued funding resolution.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>In Illinois, t<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>he tug of war over the funds comes at a time when contractors across the state are looking for bidding opportunities. Despite the road block for CTA projects, Pritzker\u2019s announcement said the $400 million of Illinois funding is available through special legislative appropriation, while $5.5 billion has already been identified in the state\u2019s current fiscal year budget.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Backed by the Rebuild Illinois capital program, the multi-year plan expands investment across every county in the state and touches nearly every transportation mode, from highways to pedestrian improvements.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Of Illinois\u2019 $50.6 billion total, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/idot.illinois.gov\/content\/dam\/soi\/en\/web\/idot\/documents\/transportation-system\/reports\/opp\/hip\/myp-2026-2031\/FY26-31MultimodalMYP_Combined_FactSheet_092925.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>$13.8 billion is earmarked for transit projects<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, with about $205.7 million coming from the federal government. The plan also includes $2.9 billion for rail projects, with about $675 million in federal funding.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The highway component will build or improve 7,107 lane miles of state roads and 8.4 million square feet of bridge deck, with $6.8 billion directed to local governments to cover 1,654 lane miles and 1.3 million square feet of bridge deck.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/illinois-infrastructure-plan-trump-cta-money\/802016\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. 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