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Pork barrel roads ride Illinois budget
Springfield The General Assembly adds about 75 transportation projects totaling millions while cutting IDOT operating funds. Secretary John Kramer warns the move could delay repairs and snow removal, with $25,000 study of East St. Louis bridges and $12.4 million for a Peoria bridge. Bakalis pushes a rival $30 million pothole plan awaiting final approval.
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David S. Awbrey
Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Pork Barrel
General Assembly
John Kramer
Kramer
James Thompson
Transportation Bee
IDOT
East St. Louis
Quincy
Illinois River
Peoria
Chicago
Michael Bakalis
Thompson
Bakalis
Treasury
House
Senate