InvestigationAugust 19, 2026
Springfield, IL's $157,126,494 CRISI award: the final phase of a long rail consolidation
The Springfield Rail Improvements Project's last funding gap closed in October 2024 — a $157,126,494 federal award for the final segment of a years-long track consolidation, not a new or early-stage project.
Source award
City of Springfield IL — $157,126,494 from CRISI, FY2024.
Sources (2)
- https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-duckworth-budzinski-announce-157-million-in-federal-funding-for-springfield-rail-improvements-project
“the final segment of track realignment to consolidate the Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern corridors into one multitrack corridor through the city”
- https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-duckworth-budzinski-announce-157-million-in-federal-funding-for-springfield-rail-improvements-project
“helped to secure roughly $90 million in previous federal funding to advance the SRIP”
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