| WASHINGTON,
D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today applauded action
by a key House committee which approved $500,000 in federal funds for the
Village of Morton Grove. The House Appropriations Committee passed the
Transportation funding bill, which includes the funds for the Dempster
Commercial Corridor Improvement Project in the Village of Morton Grove.
Funds
for this project will be used for a transportation/commercial corridor
improvement project. The project will improve vehicular circulation
and characteristics of the Dempster Street roadway. More than 40,000
vehicles travel the Dempster Commercial Corridor daily. The Illinois
Department of Transportation has designated the portion of Dempster Street
that runs through the Village of Morton Grove as a Strategic Regional Arterial
route.
“The
Dempter Commercial Corridor Improvement project is a congestion mitigation
initiative that will increase safety and reduce travel time for commuters
and shoppers on a major Illinois roadway. I am pleased that we are
a step closer to funding this critical project,” Schakowsky said.
Schakowsky
added that she would work to secure the funds as the Transportation Appropriations
bill moves toward enactment. |
