Illinois Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Congressional Earmarks – Part 4

For the last three days, we have listed the pork found in the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development part of this year’s budget found because Taxpayers for Common Sense posted such congressional earmarks.

The whole list for this part of the budget can be found here.

16th District Congressman Don Manzullo has $570,000 in it for widening Rakow Road, which he announced on February 24th.

Today the first name in our alphabetic listing of congressmen is Ray LaHood and the last is Jerry Weller.

Even though LaHood and Weller did not run for re-election, both have a number of projects in this year’s budget.

Newly-appointed U.S. Senator Roland Burris has none.

And, as Secretary of Transportation in the Barack Obama administration, LaHood will undoubtedly make sure the money he put in his budget will get spent.

The ex-congressmen’s projects, as well as those of Dan Lipinski, Don Manzullo, Peter Roskam, Bobby Rush, Jan Schakowsky and John Shimkus follow:

Ray LaHood

  • Buses and Bus Facilities $104,500 LaHood – Paratransit Vehicles, West Central Mass Transit District, IL
  • Buses and Bus Facilities $380,000 LaHood – Replacement of Paratransit Vehicles, Greater Peoria Mass Transit District, Peoria, IL
  • Economic Development Initiatives $95,000 LaHood – Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL, for Planning and Construction of a New Building that will Highlight the Achievement and Skills of Art, History, Science and Achievement
  • Economic Development Initiatives $332,500 LaHood – OFS Healthcare System, Peoria, IL, for Planning, Design and Construction of a Hospice Home

Dan Lipinski

  • Buses and Bus Facilities $475,000 Lipinski – Toyota Park PACE Transit Center, IL
  • Economic Development Initiatives $190,000 Lipinski – Mt. Greenwood Park, Chicago, IL, for Renovation and Rehabilitation of a Playground in the Mt. Greenwood Area

Don Manzullo

  • Transportation, Community and System Preservation $570,000 Manzullo – Widening of Rakow Road, McHenry County, IL
  • Economic Development Initiatives $237,500 Manzullo – City of Freeport, IL, for Relocating Existing Power Lines to Underground Areas and for Streetscaping

Peter Roskam

  • Alternatives Analysis $237,500 Roskam – Alternative Analysis for J-Route Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), IL
  • Transportation, Community and System Preservation $475,000 Roskam – Busse Woods Trail and IL Route 72 Bicycle Overpass, Elk Grove Village, IL
  • Economic Development Initiatives $142,500 Roskam – Markham Philip Center for Children, Bloomingdale, IL, for Renovation of the Facility and Construction of an Addition

Bobby Rush

  • Buses and Bus Facilities $712,000 Rush – Metra’s Rock Island 35th St. Station Improvements, IL
  • Economic Development Initiatives $95,000 Rush – Woodlawn East Community and Neighbors Inc. (WECAN), Chicago, IL, for Housing Resource Center, Energy Assistance, After School Programming, Job Referral Service

Jan Schakowsky

  • Alternatives Analysis $237,500 Schakowsky, Durbin – Yellow Line Extension, IL
  • Transportation, Community and System Preservation $475,000 Schakowsky – Milwaukee Avenue Revitalization Project

John Shimkus

  • Transportation, Community and System Preservation $237,500 Shimkus – Design, Engineering, Land Acquisition and Planning for the Cross-town Connector Project at US 76, Godfrey, IL
  • Transportation, Community and System Preservation $95,000 Shimkus – Design, Engineering, Land Acquisition and Planning for Extension of Route 162 from Maryville towards Troy, IL
  • Transportation, Community and System Preservation $190,000 Shimkus – Mt. Eire-Golden Gate Rd Resurfacing and Expansion, Wayne County, IL
  • Economic Development Initiatives $166,250 Shimkus – Illinois Historic Reservation Agency, Springfield, IL, for Renovation of the Tinsley for the Lincoln Bicentennial
  • Economic Development Initiatives $95,000 Shimkus – Sangamon County Regional Planning Commission Macarthur Park Blvd Area Study. Springfield, IL, for Development of a Plan Between 1-72 and South Grand

Jerry Weller

  • Buses and Bus Facilities $237,500 Weller – Multimodel Center, Normal
  • Economic Development Initiatives $47,500 Weller – LaSalle County Easter Seals, Ottawa, IL, for Remodeling and Expansion of the Existing Playground
  • Economic Development Initiatives $337,500 Weller – Rialto Square Theatre, Joliet, IL, for Repair and Restoration of the Theater
  • Economic Development Initiatives $95,000 Weller – the City of Kankakee, IL, for Streetscaping

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