SPRINGFIELD – The old politics at the statehouse may doom the new political push to get billions more for road construction.
The Transportation for Illinois Coalition is pushing to get candidates on the fall ballot to commit to a vote on the rest of the money for the state’s 10-billion dollar road building plan. About half of the money has been okayed, and Jennifer Morrison with the Coalition wants the rest to be okayed soon.
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But Republican State Rep Jim Watson said the money is on hold because lawmakers wanted to make sure it was being spent properly and raised properly.
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Democrats say the GOP actually played games, but have the power to approve the rest of the money whenever they choose.
Watson says that may happen this fall, or next year.
Originally reported by Illinois Statehouse News. Read the original article here.