Gov. Blagojevich announces $2.5 million for bike trails

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich announced the release of $2.5 million for the construction of bicycle trails in Illinois. Madison and St. Clair counties received $707,000 for that, $600,000 for projects in Madison County and $107,000 for a project in St. Clair County. You can read about the metro-east projects in the Belleville News-Democrat. For a full list of Illinois projects, see this story from the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation.