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11-7-2011: $19.5 Million CREATE Project Completed

10-10-2011: U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood and Illinois Officials Break Ground on Chicago High-Speed Rail Project

6-24-2011: DOT Provides $126 Million to Ease Train Congestion in Chicago Rail Corridor,
Construction Slated for Late Summer 2011

1-31-2011: Final Feasibility Study Amendment 1 (Modified) – 2011

1-6-2011: CREATE Quick to Obligate TIGER Award

9-29-2010: CREATE Signalization Project Begins Construction

8-4-10: U.S. Department of Transportation Gives Go-Ahead to Begin Construction on Projects as Part of the Chicago Metro Area’s "CREATE" Program

8-3-10: CREATE 75th Street Corridor Improvement Project Web Site Launched

2-22-10: 63rd and State Flyover Design Contract Awarded

2-17-10: CREATE Awarded $100 Million in Recovery Funds

2-16-10: CREATE 63rd and State (Englewood) Flyover Design Contract Awarded

1-30-10: Governor Quinn and U.S. Senator Durbin Announce Plans for High Speed Passenger Rail Investment

1-29-10: Mayor Daley Says Federal High Speed Funding Strengthens Chicago as Center of Rail Network

10-5-09: $26 Million CREATE Project to Reduce Rail Congestion and Improve Air Quality in Two Illinois Communities

9-15-09: CREATE TIGER Grant Application Submitted

3-15-09: Summit B8 Project Complete

3-23-08: CREATE Partners Announce Track Work Over Easter Weekend Will Speed Freight on SE Side

9-18-06: Rep. Lipinski Joined by Federal, State, and Local Officials to Announce New Agreement on Funding of CREATE

4-20-04: CREATE Partners Announce Award of $12.5 Million for Preliminary Engineering Contracts