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====75th Street Corridor====

On daily basis, 80 Metra and freight trains cross paths along the [[Belt Railway of Chicago]] on Chicago's South Side near 75th Street.<ref name=streetcorridorgrant>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-biz-create-grant-20180605-story.html|title=State gets $132 million federal grant to reduce South Side railroad delays|last=Wisniewski|first=Mary|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=June 5, 2018|accessdate=December 11, 2018}}</ref> The project is budgeted at $474 million.,<ref name=streetcorridorgrant /> began construction in October 2018 and is scheduled to be completed in 2025.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chicagocrusader.com/preckwinkle-partners-mark-75th-street-rail-corridor-improvement-project/|title=Preckwinkle, Partners Mark 75th Street Rail Corridor Improvement Project|newspaper=The Chicago Crusader|date=October 1, 2018|accessdate=December 11, 2018}}</ref> As a part of this project, Metra plans to reroute [[SouthWest Service]] commuter trains from [[Union Station (Chicago)|Chicago Union Station]] to [[LaSalle Street Station]], in order for high-speed passenger trains to operate into Union Station.<ref name="progressive"/>

===Other projects===

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==Funding==

CREATE is a [[public-private partnership]] estimated to cost around [[US dollar|$]]3 billion, up from an initial predicted cost of $1 billion.<ref name="progressive"/> $230 million is to be supplied by railroads that are part of the program, with the remainder coming from governments at federal, state and local levels.<ref name="progressive"/> In July 2010, a $100 million [[Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery|TIGER]] grant from the federal government was finalized.<ref name="progressive2"/> As of late 2010, a total of around $320 million had been committed to the project, with an additional $133 million to be provided from the [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act]].<ref name="progressive"/> In 2018, CREATE received a $132 million grant from the [[United States Department of Transportation]]'s (USDOT) Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant program.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rtands.com/track-maintenance/on-track-maintenance/infra-grants-148m-to-create-and-ohio-rail-projects/|title=INFRA grants: $148M to CREATE and Ohio rail projects|last=Wanek-Libman|first=Mischa|publisher=Railway Track and Structures|date=June 6, 2018|accessdate=December 11, 2018}}</ref> Other sources of funding included grants from the [[Illinois Department of Transportation]] (IDOT), the [[Association of American Railroads]] (AAR), Cook County, Metra, the City of Chicago, and Amtrak.<ref name=streetcorridorgrant />

== See also ==