Road repair money: Mayor Richard Daley and Gov. Pat Quinn outline spending plan for city streets
Quinn and Daley tout new state spending bill
By Susan Kuczka and Richard Wronski |Tribune Reporters April 5, 2009 One of Chicago's worst pothole-scarred streets was selected as the backdrop Saturday for
Gov. Pat Quinn and
Mayor Richard Daley to outline nearly $200 million in city road repairs and other improvements included in a new statewide construction package.
"We don't want to be the shock absorber capital of
the United States," Quinn said at a news conference in front of an auto repair shop on the 5400 block of North Avenue.
Minutes before Daley arrived, a crew patched a huge pothole that threatened to damage eastbound cars.
"This money alone will fund 100 miles of [street and bridge] repairs and traffic signs," Daley said at the event also attended by Rep.
Danny Davis (D-Ill.), Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and several other lawmakers and aldermen.
Road repair money: Mayor Richard Daley and Gov. Pat Quinn outline spending plan for city streets -- chicagotribune.com
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