Trump administration freezes $2.1bn in funds for Chicago transit projects | Trump administration
The US government said that it provided $ 2.1 billion financing for infrastructure projects in Chicago, and that during the closure of the federal government on Friday, another Jabta was presented as a movement against diversity efforts in a democratic -led city.
Vought, Chicago’s subway Mass transit system for large projects for large projects, including extensions and modernizations of the money-red line of money, including “financing is waiting to ensure that it does not flow through race-based contract,” he said.
On Wednesday, Vought said that Trump administration froze $ 18 billion for major transit projects in New York, and refers to a railway tunnel flowing from New Jersey and the same reason, including an extension of the second street lower ground railway system.
In the last days of former President Joe Biden’s outgoing administration, Chicago has completed a federal background of about $ 2 billion to help extend 5.5 miles to connect the distant south side to the main subway railway system locally, because many of the lines worked on the streets in the city center and on the streets.
Vought referred to a new rule from the US transport department on Wednesday, and to review whether any small business contractor will see what the White House will see as inappropriate diversity attempts. This is one of the efforts aimed at pressing the democratic deputies at the US Congress immediately after midnight on Wednesday.
Partisan political fights will face significant delays in federal financing and rapid legal difficulties.
In New York, the hudson river tunnel project of $ 17.2 billion, which received more than $ 11 billion in federal grants, includes repair in an existing tunnel and the construction of a new tunnel for the passenger railway operator Amtrak and the suburban lines between New Jersey and Manhattan.
Any failure of the existing Hudson tunnel, which has been damaged by the hurricane 2012 of 2012 by Sandy Hurricane, is traveling in the Metropol region, which produces 10% of the US economic output.
Reuters contributed to reporting
