Will County eager for federal freight funds

Will County officials plan to be first in line when the federal government begins to distribute the billions of dollars it has authorized for freight transportation projects nationwide.

In a report Tuesday to the County Board’s Public Works and Transportation Committee, County Executive Larry Walsh and John Greuling, president and chief executive of the Will County Center for Economic Development, said they want to be ready to go with a list of project priorities as soon as the federal funds are released…Please click here to read Susan DeMar Lafferty’s story in the Tribune/Daily Southtown.