{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-durbin-announce-more-than-2-billion-in-federal-funding-to-improve-highway-infrastructure-across-illinois", "Duckworth, Durbin Announce More Than $2 Billion in Federal Funding to Improve Highway Infrastructure Across Illinois", "2024-10-04", "2024", "2024-10", "Democrat", "Senate", "IL", "Tammy Duckworth", "D000622", "www.duckworth.senate.gov", "duckworth", "https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "[WASHINGTON, D.C.] \u2013 U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced $2,327,751,005 in total formula funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to build and maintain roads, bridges and tunnels that will improve efficiency, reduce congestion, improve resiliency against climate change and modernize key infrastructure of the Illinois highway system. This funding was made possible through the Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.\n\n\u201cInvesting in our transportation infrastructure is about more than just improving our roads and bridges, it\u2019s about growing our economy and making getting to work, school and throughout our communities faster, safer and more efficient,\u201d Duckworth said. \u201cI\u2019m proud to see this federal funding coming to our state today for critical upgrades to Illinois\u2019s highway network. I will continue to work alongside Senator Durbin to ensure that our communities are receiving the much-needed federal resources they deserve.\u201d\n\n\u201cToday\u2019s funding is a major investment in the future of Illinois\u2019 transportation. Our state\u2019s communities will be better connected because of these infrastructure projects that support Illinois\u2019 rail industry, highways, electric vehicle network, and roads,\u201d said Durbin. \u201cSenator Duckworth and I will continue working to ensure our state has the federal resources to improve and expand Illinois\u2019 infrastructure.\u201d\n\nPrograms providing FHWA formula funding to Illinois include:\n\nNational Highway Performance Program: $1,060,692,724\n\nSurface Transportation Block Grant Program: $516,012,677\n\nHighway Safety Improvement Program: $109,009,408\n\nRailway-Highway Crossings Program: $11,270,541\n\nCongestion Mitigation & Air Quality Improvement Program: $127,299,951\n\nMetropolitan Planning: $23,887,494\n\nNational Highway Freight Program: $52,324,691\n\nCarbon Reduction Program: $46,011,130\n\nPROTECT Formula Program: $52,317,952\n\nBridge Formula Program: $297,268,565\n\nNational Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program: $31,655,872\n\n-30-", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:55:29Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-durbin-announce-more-than-2-billion-in-federal-funding-to-improve-highway-infrastructure-across-illinois"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6321958974003792, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}