Stan Knudson, a public information officer for the city of Morris, said in a phone call the funding will allow the airport to expand its operations. ![]() The state grants range from $36,000 for the Illinois Valley Regional Airport in LaSalle County to acquire a tractor with a flex wing mower to nearly $11.8 million for the Morris Municipal Airport in Grundy County for a crosswinds runway. The new expenditures will be used for large, small, rural and urban airports, the governor noted. “Crucially, these dollars are going first and foremost to projects that might not otherwise be eligible for the full federal funding that they need to finish,” Pritzker said of the Rebuild Illinois funding. The Quad Cities funding will go toward entrance road realignment and parking expansion. JB Pritzker was in Moline Wednesday to publicize the funding for 96 airports around the state, including $5.6 million for the Quad Cities International Airport. Another $11.5 million for the projects will be contributed by local sources. The money comes from the $45 billion Rebuild Illinois capital infrastructure plan which passed the General Assembly and the governor signed into law in 2019. Projects range from runway repairs to purchase of mowers and snow removal equipmentĬapitol News – Nearly 100 airports across Illinois, including two in Metro East, will receive state funding in the coming months for projects ranging from new runways and road relocations to the purchase of mowers and snow removal equipment.
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