Bush deigns to visit Illinois, signs off on massive pork bill :
Full list found at House.gov (http://www.house.gov/rules/109textTEALU.htm to be precise). So in other words, if every country got this much cash to make various 'improvements', then the Republicans have now embraced socialism and public works. Good! I wish they would make this a plank in their party platform so the me-too Democrats could follow suit. Socialism for everybody!
I'm just excited about improvements at the mess at the Halsted bridge over the North Branch, and $2.4 million for bike paths. Oh, and $4.4 million for an underpass at Damen/Fullerton/Elston is pretty exciting - that is easily one of the most sluggish intersections in the city, and a horror if you get caught at rush hour (on bike or in a car).
I'm sort of scared about the line item for $15mm earmarked for North-South Wacker, we use that a lot.
Full list after the jump
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Alsip: $560,000. Widen and improve Pulaski Road.
Aurora: $1,280,000. Construction of highway approaches to the Sullivan Road bridge in Aurora.
Bellwood: $800,000. St. Charles Road.
Berkeley: $800,000. Upgrade roads.
Berwyn: $768,000. Undertake streetscaping on Ridgeland Ave., Oak Park Ave., and 26th St.
Bolingbrook: $400,000. To construct Remington Boulevard extension.
Brookfield: $1,200,000. Upgrade 31st Street and Golfview Rd intersection and construct parking facilities.
Brookfield: $1 million. Upgrade 31st St. and Golfview Road and construct parking facilities.
Brookfield: $1 million. Upgrade 31st St. and Golfview Road intersection and construct parking facilities.
Chicago: $15 million. Preconstruction and construction of North-South Wacker Drive.
Chicago: $4.4 million. Construct underpass at intersection of Damen/ Fullerton/Elston.
Chicago: $2.8 million. West Ridge Nature Preserve.
Chicago: $1.6 million. Construct streetscape along Morse Ave. from Clark to Sheridan.
Chicago: $1.2 million. Reconstruct Lakeshore Drive Overpass over Wilson Ave.
Chicago: $1.2 million. Perform Broadway and Sheridan Road signal interconnect project.
Chicago: $800,000. Streetscape improvements on Blue Island from 19th-21st St.
Chicago: $400,000. Upgrade traffic signal system on 87th St.
Chicago: $800,000. Conduct study and design of north lakefront path expansion project.
Chicago: $7.2 million. 130th and Torrance Ave. intersection improvement.
Chicago: $480,000. River walk reconstruction.
Chicago: $480,000. Construction of the 43rd St. Bicycle Pedestrian Bridge over Lake Shore Drive.
Chicago: $480,000. Francis Cabrini/W. Green Homes CHA street construction.
Chicago: $800,000. Henry Horner Homes CHA street construction.
Chicago: $440,000. Robert Taylor Homes CHA street construction.
Chicago: $1.6 million. Resurface Elston Ave. from Milwaukee to Pulaski.
Chicago: $480,000. Halsted Bridge over North Branch Canal reconstruction.
Chicago: $1.6 million. Construction of a traffic circle to reduce traffic congestion in Museum Campus.
Chicago: $1.6. Improve 63rd St.
Chicago: $432,000. Establish transportation museum on Navy Pier.
Chicago: $400,000. Establish transportation museum on Navy Pier.
Chicago: $800,000. Construct bridge overpass, DuSable Museum.
Chicago: $3.2 million. Irving Park Bridge over the Chicago River.
Chicago: $1.6 million. Undertake traffic mitigation and circulation enhancements on 57th and Lake Shore Drive.
Chicago: $2.4 million. Construct bike/pedestrian paths.
Chicago: $750,000. Loyola University-Chicago vehicular/pedestrian right-of-way.
Chicago: $1.2 million. Undertake traffic mitigation and circulation enhancements on 57th and Lakeshore Drive.
Chicago: $250,000. Loyola University-Chicago vehicular/pedestrian right-of-way in Chicago.
Chicago: $250,800. Feasibility study for intermodal station on the Metra Rock Island near Kennedy-King College.
Chicago: $4.18 million. Construct intermodel facility at 35th St. at Metra Red Line.
Chicago: $1.25 million. Cermak Road, bus rapid transit.
Chicago: $1.2 million. Reconstruct Lake Shore Drive overpass over Lawrence Ave.
Chicago: $1.04 million. South Shore Drive and 67th underpass.
Chicago: $3.84 million. Replacement of Fuilerton Ave. bridge and pedestrian walkway.
Chicago: $13.6 million. Reconstruct Milwaukee Ave., including Six Corners.
Chicago: $1.6 million. Foster Ave. at Kedzie Ave. streetscape.
Chicago: $836,000. Establish transit signal priority, Cicero Ave., Pace suburban bus.
Cicero: $1.2 million. Improve roads and bridges.
Cook County: $3.28 million. Undertake streetscaping project on Harlem Ave. from 71st Street to I-80.
Cook County: $3.2 million. Improve roads and bridges,
Cook County: $800,000. Perform Old Orchard Road expansion and improvement project between harms road and US 41.
Cook County: $1.034 million. Completion of the Grand Illinois Trail.
Des Plaines: $1.6 million. Reconstruct highway-railway crossing over US 14 and realignment of US 14.
Evergreen Park: $320,000. Resurface Trumbull Avenue and Homan Avenue.
Evergreen Park: $320,000. Resurface Clifton Park Ave. and S. St. Louis Ave.
Evanston: $200,000. Construct citywide bicycle path network.
Evanston: $2.4 million. Upgrade Ridge Ave.
Evanston: $1.6 million. Improve Sheridan Road.
Forest Park: $800,000. Stand-alone roadway improvement consisting of the complete reconstruction of the roadway.
Franklin Park: $928,000. For the construction of the Grand Avenue Underpass.
Franklin Park: $1,000,000. For the construction of the Grand Avenue Underpass.
Glencoe: $1,500,000. Improve transportation accessibility at Chicago Botanic Garden.
Hillside: $800,000. Upgrade roads.
Hodgkins: $768,000. Construct Leon Pass overpass.
Lemont: $80,000. To construct a bridge over Chicago Ship and Sanitary Canal linking Centennial Trail to I&M Canal Trail.
Lemont: $280,000. To modernize and improve the intersection of McCarthy Road, Derby Road, and Archer Avenue.
Lemont: $360,000. To reconstruct and widen 127th St. between Smith Road and State St.
Markham: $400,000. Construct streetscape project.
Markham: $480,000. Construct I-57 bridge overpass.
Matteson: $726,000. Traffic Signalization.
Maywood: $800,000. Upgrade roads.
Maywood: $41,800. Purchase buses.
Merrionette Park: $480,000. Improve streets.
North Riverside: $1,920,000. Construct bike path, parking facility, and related ransportation enhancement projects.
Northwestern University: $16 million.
Oak Lawn: $192,000. Install traffic control devices on traffic signals.
Oak Lawn: $192,000. Construct parking facility and pedestrian walkways at 94th and S. Oak Park Ave.
Oak Lawn: $3.92 million. Upgrade, streets and implement traffic and pedestrian safety signalization improvements.
Oak Park: $800,000. Construction of CAP I-290.
Oak Park: $2 million. Construction I-290.
Oak Park $2 million. Construct I-290.
Orland Hills: $320,000. Construct bike, pedestrian paths.
Orland Hills: $320,000. Construct streetscape project.
Palos Park: $713,600. Preconstruction and construction McCarthy Road, Bell Road to US 45 and 123rd Street US 45 to 86th Avenue.
River Forest: $800,000. Replacement of bridge Harlem Ave.
Robbins: $640,000. Construct Streetscape Project.
Skokie: $200,000. Construct multi-use pedestrian path between Oakton St. and Dempster St.
Stickney: $2.206 million. Upgrade streets.
Summit: $768,000. Upgrade roads.
Summit: $750,000. Upgrade roads.
Tinley Park: $800,000. Construct I-80, Ridgeland Ave. improvements.
Tinley Park: $668,800. 80th Ave. Commuter rail station reconstruction and site enhancements.
Westchester: $800,000. Improve roads.
Westchester: $224,000. Improve streets.
Western Springs: $3.553 million. Construct pedestrian walkways and streetscaping projects.
Western Springs: $3,553,600. Construct pedestrian walkways and streetscaping projects.
Western Springs: $576,000. Construct bike/pedestrian paths, facilities and nfrastructure improvements in Spring Rock Park, Western Springs Park District.
Wheaton: $836,000. Purchase buses.
drive through damen/fullerton/elston ONE TIME and you will realize this is not pork. that damned intersection chokes all traffic for 3 blocks in all directions.
right, which is why I said:
I'm just excited about improvements at the mess at the Halsted bridge over the North Branch, and $2.4 million for bike paths. Oh, and $4.4 million for an underpass at Damen/Fullerton/Elston is pretty exciting - that is easily one of the most sluggish intersections in the city, and a horror if you get caught at rush hour (on bike or in a car).