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Public Information Notice #5
CREATE Program Final Feasibility Plan and Preliminary Screening
Amendment 1 – Modification
Date: January 31, 2011
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) and Association of American Railroads (AAR) have agreed to modifications to the Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency (CREATE) Program in response to changing needs. In particular, a modification to the November 2009 CREATE final feasibility plan is necessary at this point as a result of revisions of several component projects within the CREATE program due to constructability issues with several projects. Additionally, although the Tower projects were part of the total number of the CREATE program of projects, these projects were not included in the original list of Component projects and did not have the Preliminary Screening document associated with each Tower project. This modification will include the 12 Preliminary Screening worksheets in the Final Preliminary Screening section. The reason for inclusion of these projects now is that the CREATE partners would like to have the option to request federal participation.
Follow this link (PDF) to see the Final Feasibility Plan (January 2011)
Along four rail corridors throughout our region, we are investing $4.6 billion in 70 projects to:
- Increase capacity and efficiency and reduce travel times for freight and passenger trains
- Eliminate or reduce railroad crossing delays for motorists and emergency vehicles
- Benefit the local communities in which CREATE projects are located
- Reduce train idling, emissions and horn noise
across the Chicago region
of national and regional significance
generated in economic benefits
estimated job years created