IL: FTA: South Shore Projects Added to 2019 List

The Federal Transit Administration put the South Shore Line's two major projects — the West Lake Corridor and Double Track NWI — in its annual list of funding recommendations, a significant step in moving those projects forward.

But the FTA, in line with the Trump administration's priorities, is not asking Congress to fund those and other new projects on the Fiscal Year 2019 list. It is only recommending that Congress fund 10 projects that already have full funding grant agreements with the FTA

U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky, D-Gary, said he's working to see that Congress appropriates enough money for transit projects, including the South Shore's. He is a member of the House Appropriations Committee.

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