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Chicago Mayor Proposes Infrastructure Upgrades at Illinois International Port District

More than 19 million tons of waterborne cargo moves through the Port of Chicago each year, the most of any port on the Great Lakes, according to the IIPD.

More than 19 million tons of waterborne cargo moves through the Port of Chicago each year, the most of any port on the Great Lakes, according to the IIPD. More than 19 million tons of waterborne cargo moves through the Port of Chicago each year, the most of any port on the Great Lakes, according to the IIPD.

CHICAGO—Chicago Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot has proposed to the City Council to have the city help finance significant infrastructure improvements at the Illinois International Port District through Tax Incremental Financing.

The mayor announced last week she is proposing to enter an intergovernmental agreement that would call for the completion of $16.7 million in rail and roadway improvements to its facilities along the Calumet River through $3.48 million in Tax Increment Financing from the Lake Calumet TIF District.

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