{"id":9332,"date":"2017-01-31T09:00:34","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T15:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/?p=9332"},"modified":"2023-11-14T21:15:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T03:15:58","slug":"3-illinois-projects-trumps-critical-infrastructure-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/material-handling\/3-illinois-projects-trumps-critical-infrastructure-list\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Illinois Projects Make Trump’s Critical Infrastructure List"},"content":{"rendered":"
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During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to spend $1 trillion to improve the nation’s crumbling infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Within a week of being sworn in, President Trump has compiled a list of the 50 most critical infrastructure projects<\/a> he plans to tackle, three of which are major projects within Illinois — two in Chicago and one downstate.<\/p>\n

The list was released to the National Governor’s Association by the Trump transition team, which is seeking input from state leadership before finalization.<\/p>\n

While the proposed projects total only $137.5 billion in spending, they are thought to be just the beginning of the administration’s far-reaching plan to rebuild the country’s crumbling highways, airports, dams, bridges, and other infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Fast-Tracking Infrastructure Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n

While the list, entitled “Emergency and National Security Projects” is preliminary and subject to change, it includes cost estimates and job impact numbers. Half the money for the projects was expected to come from private investment.<\/p>\n

The 50 projects identified for fast-tracking is similar to a list of priority infrastructure projects distributed to the governor’s association in December, with a few notable exceptions.\u00a0The Alaska Pipeline and LNG Project on Obama’s list was replaced with a Texas Central Railway project by Trump, and a Fort Mojave Solar Project in California was replaced with a Howard Street Tunnel project in Baltimore.<\/p>\n

Both lists note three Illinois Projects as critical:<\/p>\n