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Re: (rshsdepot) Mattoon, IL
Is this the pork barrel bill that Bush is going to veto?
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From: "Jim Dent" <jdent1_@_optonline.net>
To: "RSHS List" <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 11:19 PM
Subject: (rshsdepot) Mattoon, IL
> Published on Monday, April 5, 2004 11:57 AM CDT
>
> I-57 interchange, railroad depot on list
>
> WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives passed a federal highway
> construction bill on Friday that includes funding for the Illinois central
> Depot restoration and the Interstate 57 interchange project.
>
> According to U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson, the massive spending bill includes
> almost $7 million in projects in the Journal Gazette/Times-Courier
> circulation area. Projects include:
>
> - Cumberland Bridge: $3 million to finish bridge and road between Burma
Road
> and Illinois Route 130 in Cumberland County
>
> - Interstate 57 interchange: $2 million to upgrade County Highways 18 and
22
> in conjunction with the interchange plan north of Mattoon.
>
> - Illinois Central Depot: $1.5 million for renovation of the heavily used
> historic train depot in the heart of Mattoon.
>
> - Grandview Township Roads in Edgar County: $400,000 to improve safety of
> horizontal curve on 250th Road and 725th Street in Grandview Township.
>
> Other projects in the 15th District include $7.2 million for a new bridge
> across the Wabash River at Mt. Carmel and $7 million for upgrades to
Curtis
> Road south of Champaign for a potential new I-57 access road.
>
> Copyright © 2004 Journal Gazette and Times-Courier, divisions of Lee
> Enterprises .
> http://www.jg-tc.com/articles/2004/04/05/news/news04.txt
>
>
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