Proposed MEGA Project: Chicago Hub Improvement Program (CHIP)

Proposed MEGA Project: Chicago Hub Improvement Program (CHIP)
CHIP is Amtrak’s top National Network priority. It will provide faster, safer, and more reliable service to support the Midwest’s growing ridership. CHIP will transform regional and long distance passenger rail service, connect job centers, reduce our carbon footprint and more. Amtrak and its partners’ $1.1 billion Federal/ State Partnership grant application is supported by a broad coalition of regional government and industry leaders including IDOT, MDOT, Metra, City of Chicago, and Cook County along with labor, business, and environmental groups. This phase represents an $873 million FRA investment supported through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Amtrak and its partners have committed an additional $218 million investment, and are working closely with local, state, and federal stakeholders to bring attention to this important program. The program is divided into three categories of improvements: Chicago Union Station, Chicago Area Infrastructure, Chicago to Michigan Infrastructure.
Speaker:
Ismael Cuevas, Government Affairs Manager, Midwest Region, Amtrak
#amtrak #chicago #infrastructure
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ADA finally comes to Union Station. Major step forward.

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Please let this be built

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I think they’ve confirmed it will enter construction