Grant helps Rock Island with Port District plan

A new grant is helping advance the Rock Island Port District Master Plan.

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) has invested almost $9.5 million through 20 grants for local initiatives and activities to support their planning efforts and develop innovative transportation improvements across the state.

“We at IDOT are thrilled to join with these communities to help them forge a more robust, inclusive and safe transportation system for the future,” said Illinois Transportation Secretary Omer Osman. “These grants will further those efforts with our local partners and support areas of Illinois where help is needed the most and can do the most good.”

In addition to the $7.5 million in federal funds, matching funds of $1.25 million from the state and $741,000 from local governments will finance the projects. The grants advance the objectives of the agency’s long-range transportation plan .

Projects that implement asset-management strategies and performance-based planning and programming, as well as activities that grow and support economically distressed areas were part of the criteria considered. Applicants included local and state agencies, universities, metropolitan planning organizations and regional planning commissions. Nonprofit entities with public sponsors also were eligible to apply.

The City of Rock Island received $460,000 in total grants for the Rock Island Port District Master Plan and Implementation Strategy. Of that total, $368,000 came from the federal government and $92,000 came from local sources.

Click here to see the entire list of grant recipients.

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