Transportation and Infrastructure
Senator Duckworth understands the importance of our nation’s infrastructure systems to hardworking families and businesses across Illinois. A well-functioning transportation system is critical to our state’s economic competitiveness and improving Illinois’s infrastructure is one of her top legislative priorities. Whether you’re a farmer in Sangamon County, a teacher in Winnebago or a manufacturer from DuPage County, we all rely on our transportation networks to get to work, sell our products or take a much-deserved vacation.
Senator Duckworth is committed to working with her colleagues in Congress to help rebuild our nation’s infrastructure better than before and ensure our airways, roadways, waterways and communication networks meet the needs of our communities and businesses.
Senator Duckworth successfully delivered for Illinois with her leadership on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which is working to create jobs and deliver safer, more sustainable roads and bridges, faster broadband internet coverage and so much more. With her bipartisan Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act (DWWIA) included in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Senator Duckworth is helping our nation upgrade our nation’s crumbling and dangerous water infrastructure in order to get the lead of out of our children’s drinking water and ensure sewage doesn’t seep into families’ yards whenever it rains heavily in places like Cahokia Heights. The infrastructure package also included a modified version of her All Stations Accessibility Program (ASAP Act) to help make public transit stations across the country accessible to all Americans, including Americans with disabilities. Illinoisans from Chicago to Cairo, communities large and small—urban, suburban and rural—are benefitting from this law and the jobs it is creating.
Latest
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November 15, 2024
Duckworth, Durbin Announce More Than $1.5 Million in Federal Funding to Improve Road Safety
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November 14, 2024
Duckworth, Durbin, Kelly, Underwood, Announce $82 Million in Federal Funding for Illinois Port Upgrades
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November 14, 2024
Duckworth, Durbin Announce $31.9 Million in Federal Funding for Low Carbon Construction Materials
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October 25, 2024
Duckworth, Durbin, Budzinski Announce $157 Million in Federal Funding for Springfield Rail Improvements Project
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October 24, 2024
Duckworth, Durbin Join Sanders, Peters, Stabenow and 18 Fellow Senators in Demanding Stellantis Keep Its Promises to Autoworkers
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October 23, 2024
Duckworth Reacts to American Airlines’ Landmark $50 Million Fine for Mistreating Wheelchairs
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October 23, 2024
Duckworth, Durbin, Quigley, Sorensen Announce $33.5 Million in Federal Funding for Peoria and Chicago Airports