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The state will spend more than $41 billion to build and repair
transportation infrastructure. It is the largest investment in
state history and will involve all 102 Illinois counties.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker said it is an area of the state that has been
neglected for years.
“Not only was that holding back Illinois’ economic growth, but
it was making our residents less safe and our communities less
connected to one another,” said Pritzker.
The Fiscal Year 2025-30 Proposed Highway and Multimodal
Improvement Program will invest $29.65 billion in state roads
and bridges, with $5.3 billion identified for the current fiscal
year. A total of $11.77 billion is programmed for other modes,
which includes $7.5 billion for transit, $2.54 billion for
freight and passenger rail, $1.57 billion for aviation, and $160
million for ports and waterways.
“It will ensure that Illinois products, both manufacturing and
agricultural, can efficiently get to market across the globe,”
said Kevin Artl, president of the American Council of
Engineering Companies of Illinois. “Make no mistake, our efforts
to modernize our transportation network will have a global
impact.”
On the highways side, the program will build or improve over
3,200 miles of roads and 8.8 million square feet of bridge deck
on the state system.
“We look forward to putting people to work, striving to build
the safest, most resilient and accessible system of
transportation in the country,” said Illinois Transportation
Secretary Omar Osman.
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