Durbin Announces More Than $5.2 Million in Recovery Act Funding for Illinois Airports

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded $5,281,580 in funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to the state of Illinois for airport improvements.

“Rehabilitation of airport infrastructure will put people to work immediately on projects that will help Illinois airports serve travelers safely and efficiently,” said Durbin.

The following airports will receive funding:

• Litchfield Municipal Airport, Litchfield, Illinois: $789,474 in funding for Runway 9/27 rehabilitation that will extend the useful life of the pavement.
• Dixon Municipal – Charles R Walgreen Field, Dixon, Illinois: $650,000 in funding for apron rehabilitation that will extend the useful life of the pavement.
• Jacksonville Municipal Airport, Jacksonville, Illinois: $421,053 in funding for taxiway rehabilitation at that will extend the useful life of the pavement.
• Whiteside County Airport, Sterling/Rock Falls, Illinois: $789,474 in funding for apron rehabilitation that will extend the useful life of the pavement.
• Waukegan Regional Airport, Waukegan, Illinois: $2,631,579 in funding for Runway 14/32 rehabilitation that will repair numerous large cracks in the runway and will extend the useful life of the pavement.

Durbin Announces Nearly $10 Million in Recovery Act Funding for Illinois Airports

From the Office of U.S. Senator Dick Durbin

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that the Department of Transportation has awarded $9,731,580 in grants to airports in Rockford, Decatur and the Quad Cities. Today’s funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will create jobs in Illinois and strengthen the region’s infrastructure to serve passengers safely and efficiently.

Greater Rockford Airport Authority: $1,052,632 in funding to expand a terminal building at the Chicago / Rockford International Airport;

Greater Rockford Airport Authority: $4,210,526 in funding to rehabilitate a taxiway at the Chicago / Rockford International Airport;

Metropolitan Airport Authority of Rock Island County: $3,684,211 in funding to rehabilitate an existing runway at the Quad City International Airport. This funding will be used as part of a $28 million multi-phase runway rehabilitation project;

Decatur Park District: $784,211 in funding to rehabilitate the primary runway at the Decatur Municipal Airport.