Transportation and Infrastructure
Senator Duckworth understands the importance of our nation’s infrastructure systems to hardworking families and businesses across Illinois. A well-functioning transportation system is critical to our state’s economic competitiveness and improving Illinois’s infrastructure is one of her top legislative priorities. Whether you’re a farmer in Sangamon County, a teacher in Winnebago or a manufacturer from DuPage County, we all rely on our transportation networks to get to work, sell our products or take a much-deserved vacation.
Senator Duckworth is committed to working with her colleagues in Congress to help rebuild our nation’s infrastructure better than before and ensure our airways, roadways, waterways and communication networks meet the needs of our communities and businesses.
Senator Duckworth successfully delivered for Illinois with her leadership on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which is working to create jobs and deliver safer, more sustainable roads and bridges, faster broadband internet coverage and so much more. With her bipartisan Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act (DWWIA) included in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Senator Duckworth is helping our nation upgrade our nation’s crumbling and dangerous water infrastructure in order to get the lead of out of our children’s drinking water and ensure sewage doesn’t seep into families’ yards whenever it rains heavily in places like Cahokia Heights. The infrastructure package also included a modified version of her All Stations Accessibility Program (ASAP Act) to help make public transit stations across the country accessible to all Americans, including Americans with disabilities. Illinoisans from Chicago to Cairo, communities large and small—urban, suburban and rural—are benefitting from this law and the jobs it is creating.
Latest
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July 16, 2026
Duckworth Secures Key Priorities to Expand Clean Water for Illinois Families in Committee-Passed Water Resources Development Act
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July 13, 2026
Duckworth, Durbin Announce More Than $13 Million for Downstate Truck Parking and Rest Area Improvements
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June 18, 2026
Duckworth Demands the FAA Prioritize Safety and Reject Trump’s Vanity Arch
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June 11, 2026
As Summer Travel Ramps Up, Duckworth Joins Welch, Colleagues in Raising Alarm on How Trump’s War in Iran Has Impacted Air Travel
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April 29, 2026
Duckworth, Hoeven Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Protections for Passenger Rail Crewmembers
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April 29, 2026
Duckworth, Durbin Announce More Than $22 Million for Port Infrastructure Improvements
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April 03, 2026
Duckworth Demands DHS Rescind Noem’s Reckless ‘Shoes On’ Airport Screening Policy that Watchdog Says ‘Created a New Security Vulnerability’