Drop in highway spending seen down the road
Illinois highway funding faces a sharp decline after Illinois FIRST ends. The five year plan drops from about 8.5 to 7.7 billion, with potential annual reductions up to 1.5 billion dollars once borrowing ends in mid 2005. No solid projection exists for exact yearly splits.
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Springfield
Illinois
Illinois Department of Transportation
Linda Wheeler
Transportation Department
Wheeler
Richard L. Adorian
Illinois First Public Works
Illinois First
Christine Reed
Illinois 13 roadwork plan aims for multimillion projects
A statewide plan outlines $1.53 billion in state funds and $721 million in federal money for Southern Illinois road and bridge work. In Marion and Saline counties, resurfacing 19 miles of Illinois 13 and addition of southbound turn lanes on Mill Street and Grand Avenue are planned, plus a Missouri partnership on a four lane bridge at Illinois 146 over the Mississippi River.
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Illinois 13
Marion
College Road
Saline County
Kentucky State Line
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Ori
Mill Street
Grand Avenue
Illinois 149
Jackson
Williamson
Treadwater Drive
de Soto
Franklin County
Illinois 146
Mississippi River
East Cape Girardeau
Missouri
Illinois
Southern Illinois
Ewing Road
Johnston City
Johnson County
Pope County
Interstate 57
U.S. 45
Illinois 14
Perry County
Benton Square
Hamilton County
Williamson County
Frankfort City Lake
Pyramid State Park
du Quoin
Schulmne Road
Shawnee Town Trail
Randolph County
Union County
Amtrak Engineer Says Brakes Engaged As Tracks Misaligned
The Crescent City derailment left four dead and more than 150 injured after an Amtrak engineer brake-checked upon seeing misaligned tracks. Investigators say track condition appeared normal in recent inspections and sabotage is not suspected.
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Crescent City
Fla
Amtrak
NTSB
George Black
National Transportation Safety Board
CSX
Rockets Boost Students In NASA Funded Space Lesson
Rodriguez leads a NASA funded program where students wear helmets and launch water rockets at 140 psi. Omar Hernandez, 12, wins cash for the ballistic rocket reaching 1 061 feet with a surface rocket at 673 feet. Students like Talaya Williams express dreams of becoming astronauts as the group prepares to visit Southern Illinois Airport for a real flight experience.
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Rodriguez
NASA
Talaya Williams
Chris Shanklin
Amanda Banks
Keesha Finch
Ja’Nay Elliott
A.J. Lewis
Southern Illinois
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Cheryl Jackson
Washington
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Yey
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