Governor Quinn Breaks Ground on Rail Project to Reduce Delays, Expand Passenger Service

Englewood Flyover to Create Nearly 1,500 Jobs, Ease Congestion, Improve Safety

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn, joined by U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush and other federal, state and local officials, broke ground yesterday on the Englewood Flyover, a project that eliminates one of the region’s worst rail bottlenecks and will enable Illinois to serve as the hub for an expanded Midwestern network of passenger rail. The…