WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2011. U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded a $362,000 competitive grant to the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and a $131,325 competitive grant to Lee County, Illinois, to enhance access to affordable transportation for wounded warriors as well as military families and spouses. The funding, which comes through DOT’s new Veterans Transportation and Community Living Initiative, will make…
