Grant helps Rock Island with Port District plan [Video]

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 …