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MetroLink gets $10.3M boost from Rebuild Illinois funds

By: Kenda Burrows|January 25, 2023
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    • MetroLINK is expanding its fleet with more zero emission buses such as this one. CREDIT METROLINK

    MetroLINK will receive more than $10.3 million in Build Illinois funding including $6 million to replace six of its buses with new zero emission buses, Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office announced on Tuesday, Jan. 24.

    The money, which MetroLink applied for in July 2022, will add six new battery electric buses to a fleet that is made up of 30% battery electric and 70% compressed natural gas…

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