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Gia Biagi, the state’s new acting transportation secretary, quit as commissioner of Chicago’s Transportation Department shortly after Mayor Brandon Johnson took office.
The commuter rail agency is seeking $230 million from the federal Railroad Rehabilitation & Improvement Financing program to pay for replacing 17 bridges in the Chicago area.
Metra and Pace generally support a strengthened RTA after its chairman, Kirk Dillard, laid out a vision that requires $1.5 billion in additional state money to run many more trains and buses.
Nora Leerhsen joined the CTA in 2014 as a project coordinator and took on the role as President Dorval Carter’s chief of staff in 2018. She will be the first woman to lead the agency.
Chicago’s transit agency leaders spent the last year rejecting the idea of consolidation in exchange for more funding. The RTA now proposes asking lawmakers to grant it more authority over CTA, Metra and Pace.
A jury found Thompson guilty in February 2022 of two counts of lying to regulators and five counts of filing false income tax returns. He claims he was wrongly convicted of lying even though his statements were misleading.
The funding agreement ensures the $1.97 billion grant cannot be clawed back by a new presidential administration, Chicago Transit Authority President Dorval Carter said.
Aunque no se ha establecido una fecha exacta de reapertura, el Departamento de Transporte de Illinois dijo el miércoles que prevé que los carriles volverán a abrirse durante la semana del 13 de enero, siempre y cuando el clima lo permita.
Robert Crimo III has had his communication privileges revoked several times over the two years he’s been jailed on accusations he fatally shot seven people and injured at least 48 others from a rooftop overlooking the north suburb’s 2022 Fourth of July parade.
The Illinois Department of Transportation said Wednesday it anticipates the lanes will be reopened sometime during the week of Jan. 13, weather permitting, after nearly a year of road work.