Durbin Announces $4.75 Million in Funding for Illinois Bus Facilities

[WASHINGTON, DC] – U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced today that several Illinois bus and bus facilities will receive a total of $4,750,000 in funding.  Durbin secured this funding in 2009 as part of the Omnibus Appropriations Act.

• Bloomington-Normal Public Transit System, Bloomington-Normal: $400,000 has been awarded for construction of a new administration / maintenance / bus storage facility.

• Danville Mass Transit, Danville: $255,000 has been awarded for the purchase of a 35 foot bus.

• Macomb Bus Facility, Macomb: $895,000 has been awarded for construction of Phase I of a new administration / maintenance / bus storage facility.

• MetroLink Facility, Quad Cities: $1,000,000 has been awarded for construction of a new administration / maintenance / bus storage facility.

• Rockford East Side Transfer Facility, Rockford: $2,000,000 has been awarded for construction of a new East Side Multimodal Transit Facility.

• Shawnee Facility, Shawnee: $200,000 has been awarded for construction of a new administration / maintenance / bus storage facility.

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