693JJ22640000Y464ILIYCB611
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Project title: EW2A INFRA and MEGA Create Grant
Project description: EW2A INFRA and MEGA for all phases for a 3-mile elevated rail corridor on the Chicago Southside.
Reconfigure track segments and signals at Belt Junction, add third track, replace and restore aging bridge and viaduct structures and add mobility improvements on street surfaces.
Project description: EW2A INFRA and MEGA for all phases for a 3-mile elevated rail corridor on the Chicago Southside.
Reconfigure track segments and signals at Belt Junction, add third track, replace and restore aging bridge and viaduct structures and add mobility improvements on street surfaces.
Funding Goals
1) INVEST IN SURFACE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS OF NATIONAL OR REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE, OR IMPROVE/EXPAND INFRASTRUCTURE IN RURAL
AREAS; AND 2) SUPPORT PROJECTS THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT’S STRATEGIC GOALS: IMPROVE SAFETY, ECONOMIC STRENGTH AND GLOBAL
COMPETITIVENESS, EQUITY, AND CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Cook,
Illinois
United States
Geographic Scope
County-Wide
Related Opportunity
Illinois Department Of Transportation was awarded
Elevated Rail Corridor Infrastructure Enhancement Grant
Project Grant 693JJ22640000Y464ILIYCB611
worth $10,122,016
from the FHWA Office of the Chief Financial Officer in March 2026 with work to be completed primarily in Illinois United States.
The grant
has a duration of 7 years and
was awarded through assistance program 20.934 Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects.
$6,500,000 (39.0%) of this Project Grant was funded by non-federal sources.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity INFRA Grants.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 3/18/26
Period of Performance
3/13/26
Start Date
3/13/33
End Date
Funding Split
$10.1M
Federal Obligation
$6.5M
Non-Federal Obligation
$16.6M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
693JJ22640000Y464ILIYCB611
SAI Number
693JJ22640000Y464ILIYCB61100003101
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
State Government
Awarding Office
693JJ2 FHWA OFC OF THE CHIEF FIN OFFICER
Funding Office
693JJ2 FHWA OFC OF THE CHIEF FIN OFFICER
Awardee UEI
CHQWQ676QGB3
Awardee CAGE
4JYY4
Performance District
IL-01
Senators
Richard Durbin
Tammy Duckworth
Tammy Duckworth
Modified: 3/18/26