U.S. Rep. Sean Castin has earmarked, “$500,000 for Barrington’s plan to create a safer pedestrian crossing where Main Street meets the Canadian National Railroad.”
Congressional representatives serving northeastern Illinois have requested hundreds of millions of dollars in federal cash for community and transportation projects as part of the appropriations process for the 2022 fiscal year.
Links to each lawmaker’s funding requests for community projects can be found at appropriations.house.gov/transparency. A list of the transportation projects submitted by each lawmaker can be found at transportation.house.gov/committee-activity/issue/member-designated-projects.
U.S. Rep. Sean Casten, a Downers Grove Democrat serving the 6th District, requested a $31.9 million for 10 community projects and eight transportation or infrastructure projects. His requests include:
- $1.5 million for the Morton Arboretum in Lisle to fund its participation in the Chicago Region Trees Initiative, which helps communities plant and grow trees.
- $6.6 million for Naperville-based 360 Youth Services‘ Youth Affordable Housing Resource Center, which will offer crisis intervention, job training and other services.
- $500,000 for Barrington’s plan to create a safer pedestrian crossing where Main Street meets the Canadian National Railroad.
“Projects like these will have a lasting and important impact on our community, and I’m proud to advocate for them,” Casten said.
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