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Investing In our Infrastructure to Create Jobs in our Community

Studies have shown that investments in our infrastructure lead to new economic activity and job creation – that’s why, as a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, I’m proud to help lead the fight to invest in Illinois’ roads, bridges, rail lines and airports.

The 17^th district is home to three international airports (Quad-City International Airport, Peoria International Airport and Chicago Rockford International Airport), in addition to smaller regional airports. Our community is also home to thousands of miles of highway that connect east to west and north to south, and bring goods and people over the Mississippi River. Our districts’ entire western border is met by the Mississippi River, on which the barge transportation of agricultural products, and other products and goods, is key to commerce in the region. And with critical rail projects like the Quad-City to Chicago rail line still being developed, I am optimistic about the potential for new economic development opportunities in the future.

In 2015, I was proud to help lead a bipartisan effort to pass the first long-term highway bill in a decade. This legislation is projected to provide Illinois with over $7.5 billion in funding for highway, transit and transportation safety programs through fiscal year 2020.

If we want to attract new employers to our region and create more good-paying jobs, we must strengthen our infrastructure system.

Below are several recent actions I’ve taken to grow our economy through transportation and infrastructure efforts.

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Press Release

August 2, 2018

Bustos, Durbin and Duckworth Announce $1.5 Million Grant for Peoria International Airport

Peoria – Today, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos and Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth announced that the Greater Peoria Airport Authority received $1,500,000 in grant funding from the Department of Transportation. This federal funding will go towards completing the rehabilitation of the General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport apron. Specifically, it will rehabilitate 30,920 square […]

Press Release

July 16, 2018

Congresswoman Bustos Announces USDA Rural Development Funding for the Villages of Tampico and Joy

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Bustos announced more than $5 million in grants and loans from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Rural Development for both the Village of Tampico in Whiteside County and the Village of Joy in Mercer County. The USDA Rural Development loans and grant assistance program is designed to forge […]

Press Release

June 7, 2018

Congresswoman Bustos Statement on the Passage of The Water Resources Development Act

WASHINGTON– Late last night, Congresswoman Bustos voted to pass the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2018. This legislation takes critical steps in improving our nation’s water infrastructure through the authorization of Army Corps of Engineers’ water resources projects. Additionally, this legislation includes Congresswoman Bustos’ bipartisan bill, The Navigation Workers Protection Act, which will […]

Press Release

June 5, 2018

Durbin, Duckworth and Bustos Announce More Than $3.2 Million Federal Investment in Chicago Rockford International Airport

Today’s Grants Bring Total Federal Investment in Rockford Airport to More Than $27 Million Since 2015 ROCKFORD, IL – Today, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos joined with U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth to announce $3,200,000 in federal grants for the Chicago Rockford International Airport. Specifically, $2 million will be used to expand the terminal building […]