Riverside Receives No State Grant to Fund Train Station Repair
Last Jan. 30, Riverside officials learned that their grant application for nearly $1 million had been rejected by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
Riverside had asked for funding assistance through the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program (ITEP), which secures grant funding for transportation-related projects. Village Manager Peter Scalera addresses that train station roof repairs are crucial, which are estimated at least $1 million. The problem is where to get that amount of funding.
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