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Committee approves series of Cook County transportation grants and engineering contracts

Cook County Board of Commissioners Transportation and Highways Committee · March 11, 2026
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Summary

The committee approved an omnibus package of transportation grants, appropriations and engineering contracts, including a $5 million IDOT award, a $6.44 million CMAQ grant and several engineering contract requests; the package passed by roll call after vote reconciliation.

The Cook County Transportation and Highways Committee approved an omnibus package of transportation grants, improvement resolutions and engineering contracts during the meeting.

DOTH Superintendent Cice Killen described the items in the package. Highlights included a $500,000 grant for design engineering on the Burnham Multimodal connector bridge (item 260336), a $5,000,000 IDOT local project award for construction improvements along a 2 E Avenue corridor (item 260337), and an $800,000 grant for preliminary and environmental…

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